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Banjo Ukuleles in old Time Music
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Hi Ukulele Players!
We found out that our most recent Children's CD "Banjo to Beatbox" was nominated for a Grammy. Hmmmm...I wonder how many banjo ukulele players have been nominated over the years? It's possible that I'm the first. I'll check int...
Hi Ukulele Social Club members!
Please tell us how you got your ukulele mojo working? What first drew you to the instrument? How did you learn to play?
I found my first ukulele in a trash can while garbage picking in Swartz Creek, Mich...
Hi Ukulele Social Club members!
Please tell us how you got your ukulele mojo working? What first drew you to the instrument? How did you learn to play?
I found my first ukulele in a trash can while garbage picking in Swartz Creek, Mich...
Oh, this is wonderful! Does your group meet regularly? I may be in France again this summer. I also play Django style guitar. Thank you for posting this video!
Profile Information
- What are your favorite ukuleles?
- Dave Talsma soprano ( www.davetalsma.com),Kevin Enoch banjo ukulele (www.enochinstruments.com), Earnest Telelele, Kala cedar top tenor with pick up (www.kalaukulele.com), Makala painted soprano (Cool and inexpensive but not cheap. Everybody needs one-or more.), Gold Tone soprano, Gold Tone banjo ukulele (it rocks!)
- Who are your favorite ukulele players?
- Roy Smeck, James Hill, Gerald Ross, Ella Jenkins, Brian Hefferan, Stan Werbin, Michelle Kiba, Victoria Vox, Bob Brozeman, Jim Beloff, Lyle Ritz, Herb Ohta...and everybody who plays!
- Do you have a website?
- www.cathymarcy.com
- Do you have recordings, CDs, Books for sale? Where can we find them?
- I have two DVDs called Ukulele for Kids vols. 1 & 2 and a sing-a-long play-a-long CD Songbook for kids. They have been favorites of teachers, librarians and people who aren't sure they can learn to play so they try a project for kids.
Go to http://www.cathymarcy.com/
and click on store for more Folk and Kids CDs and Instructional materials for guitar, banjo, harmony singing and yodeling.
- My Musical Biography
- Marcy Marxer has been a professional musician since sound systems were powered by coal. She studied the ukulele with Roy Smeck in New York in the 1980's.
Marcy's first professional gig playing the ukulele was in the early 1980's with Gabe Ward and the Hoosier Hot Shots. She has several instructional materials on Homespun Tapes including Ukulele For Kids Vol. 1 & 2. Marcy has performed and recorded with Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Tom Paxton, Patsy Montana, Ola Belle and Bud Reed, Tony Trischka, Ella Jenkins, Bruce Molsky, The Critton Hollow Stringband, Riders in the Sky, Mariachi Los Comparos, Eva Cassidy, Bill Kirtchen, Danny Gatton, Pete Kennedy, Mark O'Connor, Rap Master DJ Hapa, Adam Hurt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, John McCutcheon, Tom Chapin and many others. She performs regularly with the extremely talented singer and instrumentalist Cathy Fink. Marcy has won several awards including the prestigious Kaufy Award, 2 GRAMMYs with 11 other nominations and has been honored in the halls of Congress for her work with children. She basically performs everywhere, all the time, for anyone willing to listen. Marcy also loves to teach music and has taught at the following camps: Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp, Maryville, TN Old Time Week at Mars Hill North Carolina Augusta Heritage Arts Workshop, Elkins, WV The Woods, Toronto, Canada Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp, Maryville, TN Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, CA California Coast Music Workshop, CA Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp, Maryville, TN Pinewoods Camp, MA SAMW, MA and Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp, Maryville, TN
Marcy is the founder of The Ukulele Orchestra of Greater Washington and The Riderwood Ukulele Club for seniors.
Marcy also works as a freelance music producer for audio projects as well as television and film.
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Banjo Ukulele Gets a Grammy Nomination
Hi Ukulele Players!
We found out that our most recent Children's CD "Banjo to Beatbox" was nominated for a Grammy. Hmmmm...I wonder how many banjo ukulele players have been nominated over the years? It's possible that I'm the first. I'll check into it.
We're also on another CD "Singin' Through The Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips" that was nominated. Utah wasn't a ukulele player but he was an amazing person and writer. Check him out.
All the Best,
Marcy
We found out that our most recent Children's CD "Banjo to Beatbox" was nominated for a Grammy. Hmmmm...I wonder how many banjo ukulele players have been nominated over the years? It's possible that I'm the first. I'll check into it.
We're also on another CD "Singin' Through The Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips" that was nominated. Utah wasn't a ukulele player but he was an amazing person and writer. Check him out.
All the Best,
Marcy
Posted on December 3, 2009 at 12:59pm —
GRAMMY Awards
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, GRAMMY Award winning recording artists, will present awards at the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony, taking place this Sunday, February 8, from 1 – 3:45 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The ceremony is the non-televised event where a majority of GRAMMY categories are awarded, and it has grown into its own celebrated affair with guest presenters and live performances. Also presenting awards in approximately 99 categories will be GRAMMY-w… Continue
Posted on February 4, 2009 at 2:02pm —
Comment Wall (25 comments)
- At 8:14am on September 26, 2009,
Craig Brandau said… - Thanks Marcy for doing making this site and putting in the effort.
- At 12:08am on July 31, 2009,
Ron Miller said… - Marcy, regarding the James Hill video clips, this is the first I heard of this. To answer your question, no one has talked to me about not putting up a couple of clips from his concert. I did write a note to James the weekend I got back from the concert to let him know if this was an issue, to let me know. (I did this through the contact section on his web site). I am fairly new at all this youtube stuff so don't want to cause any problems. The only purpose I had in the first place is to share this wonderful event with the Ukuleleunderground forum which I am a member. There are over 13,000 members around the world. We all often, after coming back from uke events, give a review and put up a couple of clips to share with the membership. I wrote a very positve review about Strathmore & the concerts. I would think this would be great exposure for any artist. However, because I have not yet heard back from James, I pulled them off youtube until I get an answer from him. But, to repeat, no one told me about not using these 2 clips. I hope this answers your questions. Bottom line, I love sharing the ukulele message and promoting great artist like James and wonderful events like Strathmore. That was my only intent. Thanks
-Ron
- At 12:14am on June 15, 2009,
Boz said… - Marcy,
I'd be interested in the Master Class that James Hill will be doing at Strathmore. What should I do to get on the list ? If you have any details regarding the Uke Fest there I'd like to be in the loop. Dave Means told us the MUA is dropping this years date to support this one at Strathmore so if I can help in some way I'd like to pitch in. My E Mail address is dboz553 @ yahoo . com
Thanx,
Boz
- At 9:33am on April 17, 2009,
Brad Grochowski said… - Marcy -
Your 12th street rag tutorial video gave me a great boost in learning it... thanks! I had found it on youtube, and just put it together that the woman in the video was the woman who started usc. So, I owe you a double thanks:
Huge double thanks for both the videos, and this site! Both are a huge help to us new players.
I'm in Baltimore so maybe we will cross paths sometime...
Brad
- At 11:39am on February 16, 2009,
Victoria Vox said… - hey Marcy!
looking forward to the Strathmore Artist in Residence Series!
It's such a wonderful opportunity ;)
see you soon!
xo
victoria
- At 2:58am on January 23, 2009,
Topher Gayle said… - Well, I've dabbled in lutherie since high school. A few years back I made a ukulele for my wife and she likes it. We have it tuned EADG like her fiddle, so she can use to to study doublestops. (Added benefit - since I am more of a mando player than a uke player, I grab her uke when I want to realy tear things up).
Well, then I decided to build three more ukes. Of those I finished one just about a year ago. I went to a songwriter's retreat and toook my two-week-old uke along with me. One of the other folks there played my uke and fell in love with it. I had to sell it to her.
Both of these ukes are sopranos built about the size and shape of an old uke I have from my childhood - and it was very old then. I think it's from the 1920's. I was playing it tonight at the Uke Club of Santa Cruz.
I still plan to build more ukes but my instrument making got diverted later last year when I built myself a 5-string resonator mandolin. Many people exressed strong interest in it, and so I have begun jigging up to produce them in (small) quantity. I completed #2 last week and will start a batch of three this weekend, I hope.
but it does mean that uke building is on hold for a while until I get some of these built and into the hands of eager players!
- At 6:38pm on January 13, 2009,
Nathan Garrett said…
- Greetings from another Roy Smeck student!
- At 6:26pm on January 2, 2009,
Lizzie said… - Cheers Marcy :-) I saw your link to Strum Seekers and have left a comment there.
Best wishes,
Lizzie
- At 1:39pm on December 19, 2008,
Ned Treanor said… - Marcy-
I bought a ukelele 45 years ago, to play one "cowboy-chord" song
at a Laurel & Hardy club event; and have had it hanging on a wall as a decoration since, even while playing my 12-string guitar, upside down, in any number of "ensemble" groups, until running across your site...and now, I'm actually PLAYING my "wall decoration". Thank you.
-Ned Treanor
- At 12:18pm on December 19, 2008,
Timmo said…
- Hi Marcy:
Bosko & Honey have lots of videos on youtube...really good stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/user/boskohoney
They've been travelling through the US, Europe and Japan on a "Ukulele Safari" , and have recording with a who's who of other ukulele players.
Timmo
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