Jake Shimabukuro, the thirty-something year old Japanese-American ukulele player from Hawaii, played his version of Bohemian Rhapsody at the TED conference today. I unfortunately was not there to hear it, but I found this video of him playing it on YouTube. It's really nice. Enjoy!
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February 10, 2010
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Posted by: twitter.com/bluemagister | February 10, 2010 at 07:48 PM
How peculiar, this guy was futured in the Swedish newspaper this morning!
Oh, btw, thanks for the tips on "Tokyo Vice", I like it a lot, almost finished though.
Posted by: Shinyflex | February 12, 2010 at 04:36 AM
This guy is amazing! About two years agot (I think..) I stumbled on to a video of him on youtube playing George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". I believe he is in New York's Central park. Its amazing too!
Here is the link for that video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
Posted by: Mike T | February 13, 2010 at 03:01 PM
I had the pleasure of interviewing Jake at the Honolulu Marathon expo. Here is our interview and Jake playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". http://aprilmwilliams.com/lfcdy
Posted by: AprilMWilliams | December 10, 2010 at 09:00 PM