15 great LC ukulele covers by Ken Middleton

[mirka]

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I'm not sure if they were reported here (Search didn't show anything), I found about 15 (!!) covers of Leonard songs performed by Ken Middleton with his ukulele:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... FF19279298

There are at least 2 poems arranged as songs: 'This Is For You' and "I long To Hold Some Lady".
His ukulele skills are quite amazing, and with such a unique instrumentation lyrics stand out much more then in original Leonard's version. Very refreshing take, IMHO.

[liverpoolken]

Thanks for the links Mirka
I throughly enjoyed Ken's unique Cohen covers and I really appreciate his ukelele playing.
The humble ukelele made it to the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday night.
The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain performed a number of classical pieces and during Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony they invited ukulele playing members of the audience and listeners at home to join in.
You can still listen for the next 5 days.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m68x7


Ta Ken

[mirka]

Thanks Ken, listening to the 'Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain' was fun, seems like everybody had great time playing together.
I can only imagine the crowd heading towards RAH before the concert

[martali]

Hi Mirka & Ken,

Thanks a lot for the links! I enjoy this very much too.

btw.
Ken Middleton has kindly published his 18 LC ukulele covers for free mp3 downloading here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a18e ... f8f9560b4c

There are:

Alexandra Leaving
Chelsea Hotel
Everybody Knows
Famous Blue Raincoat
Hallelujah alternate
Hallelujah
I Long To Hold Some Lady (poem recitation)
It Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Lady Midnight
Light As the Breeze
Sing Another Song Boys
Suzanne
Take This Waltz
The Butcher
The Partisan 2
The Partisan
The Window
Why Don't You Try

Cheers
Marta

[chesterfan]

I am really enjoying the uke and glad to see them covering L.C. songs!