THE UKULELE OCCASIONAL #2 DETAILS
Our Winter 2003-4 issue. 108 pages, 6"x9" in size, perfect-bound, with the following stories and interviews in no particular order:
- Illustrator Robert Armstrong draws a brief biography of the late King Bennie Nawahi.
- Jim Tranquida describes the situation that drove his great-great-grandfather, early uke builder Augusto Dias, from Madeira to Hawaii in August 1879.
- Frank Ford of Gryphon Stringed Instruments tells us how to repair koa ukulele cracks.
- UO editor Michael Simmons interviews living uke legend Ohta-San.
- UO editor Jason Verlinde interviews master uke luthier Duane Heilman.
- Phil Milstein chronicles the life of one-hit wonder (and baritone uke player) Nervous Norvous.
- Earnest Instruments proprietor Joel Eckhaus talks to Australia's Azo Bell.
- Gregg Miner writes the definitive history of the harp ukulele.
- Sacramento-based cartoonist Michael King contributes an original ukulele comic strip.
- Seattle's Kurt B. Reighley interviews underground pop music duo the moth wranglers.
- Mr. Verlinde talks to Fluke creator Dale Webb.
- Ukulelia creator Mark Frauenfelder interviews King Kukulele on his impossibly weird world travels.
- Mr. Verlinde interviews actor William H. Macy on his love for the uke.
- Reviews of books and CDs and videos.
- Vintage photos.
- A few more odds & ends ...
Cost per issue is $6.99 (US).
