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Lil' Rev is excited to announce his latest CD "Drop Baby Drop"
To Order:
or send $17.00 Postage Paid To:
Lil' Rev
P.O. Box 71362
Milwaukee, WI  53217
 
 
 
 
Shaving Cream
Added: 05 May 2008
 
 
One Meatball, Portland Uke Fest
Portland, OR - 2006
 
 
Angelina the Baker
Anacortes, WA - 2007
 
Finjenta
Anacortes, WA - 2007
 
 
Ukulele Polka
Anacortes, WA - 2007
 
 
Boots and Saddle
Anacortes, WA - 2007
 
 
Wild About It
Anacortes, WA - 2007
 
All videos shot by Richard Mitlyng.
Thank you, Richard, you are a gem!


Lil' Rev is endorsed by Kerry Char

Kerry Char Lutheries

5922 N. Willamette

Portland, OR  97203

(503)289-5980

 

Lil' Rev with his custom concert ukulele made by Kerry Char.
Portland, OR - June 2008

Lil Rev is endorsed by Mya-Moe Resophonic Ukuleles

Lil' Rev is endorsed by Tony Graziano Ukuleles

http://www.grazianoukuleles.com/

Tony Graziano Ukuleles
1016 Seabright Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA. 95062
Shop Phone/Fax (831)479-3590
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Lil' Rev's Custom Baritone Ukulele
 
Lil' Rev receives his brand new custom baritone ukulele during his
2007 Winter Tour of the West Coast.
 
 
 
Lil Rev and Dan Scanlan in Nevada City, CA 2012 Winter Tour
 
 
Jim D'Ville & Lil Rev at The Reno Uke Festival 2012
 
 
Lil Rev & Sarah Maisel at The Reno Ukulele Festival 2012
 
 
 
Lil Rev & Doctor Uke in Glastonbury, CT for the 2011 East Coast Tour
 
Lil' Rev with Cigar Box Uke Builder Jim Chapman
in Tucson, AZ 2007 Winter Tour
 
 
Lil Rev & Kent of The North Carolina Ukulele Academy in Wilmington 2011 East Coast Tour
 
 
Lil Rev & Ukulele Bartt Southern CA for the 2011 Winter Tour
 
Lil' Rev with Ukulele Legend Lyle Ritz
Portland Ukulele Festival 2007
 
Lil' Rev with Ukemaster Aarom Keim of The Boulder Acoustic Society
in Littleton, CO 2007 Winter Tour
 
Lil' Rev at the New York City Uke Fest 2008
 
Lil' Rev with Manitoba Hal at the Ukulele Festival in Nova Scotia
 Liverpoo, NS - 2007
 
Lil' Rev with Cool Hand Uke (Dan Scanlan)  - Nova Scotia Ukulele Festival
Liverpool, NS - 2007
 
Lil' Rev with Joel Eckhaus
 
Lil' Rev with Brittni Paiva
NYC Uke Fest 2006
 
Lil' Rev with Victoria Vox
NYC Uke Fest 2008
 
Lil' Rev with Bosco & Honey
NYC Ukulele Festival 2008
 
Lil' Rev with uke-master Gerald Ross at the Portland Ukulele Camp
June 2008
 
Lil' Rev with James Hill
Reed College, Portland, OR - June 2008
 
We all made a great discovery in 2008 with Rose, from the land down under.
From the New York Uke Fest in 2008.
 
Jamming with the professionals at the New York Uke Fest 2008.
 
Lil' Rev with Terry Truehart - The Gentle Uke Giant
 
Lil' Rev with John King, New York Uke Festival in 2008.
2010 TOP TEN UKULELE RECORDINGS ON LIL REV'S TURNTABLE
Many of my fans often ask me," Lil Rev what are your favorite ukulele recordings to listen to?"
or, "what should i be listening to as i am developing as an player?"

First off let me say, one should be regularly surfing You Tube for great ukulele music.
There is nothing like seeing and hearing a stellar performance.

With that said, there are alot of vintage & new Ukulele Recordings that i would highly recommend to every budding ukulele player.

Here is Lil Rev's top 10 Ukulele Album (or tune) list:

1) James Hill & Anne Davison: True Love Don't Weep (2009 Borealis) This is a stellar collection of traditional flavored music from choice covers like Oh Susannah on slide ukulele to Rocking Instrumentals like Richards Reel and Ode to A Frozen Boot. James has one foot firmly planted in the past and three feet in the future! I love this guy!

2) Lyle Ritz: How About Uke? (Verve 2004) This is a classic reissue of a 1957 recording that set the world on fire! Lyle is a legend, one of the original Wrecking Crew members (Lyle is a killer bass player) and this particular recording so far as i know was the first album of its kind to feature Jazz Tunes like Don't Get Around Much Anymore and Lulu's Back in Town. Everyone should listen to this album. This is the way it is supposed to be, straight ahead, tasteful, understated, masterful soloing and never over done. In an era where blazing, peel the skin off your forehead ukulele playing is all the go...i am summoned to point out that what moves me most, are the notes that an artist chooses not to play.

3) Brian Hefferan: Music Box Rag (Heftone CD02) Rags, Cakewalks and Marches from the dawn of the 20th Century arranged for ukulele! Need i say more!

4) Pops Bayless:  American Novelty  Hailing from Austin, Texas, Pops Bayless (one of the founding members of the Asylum Street Spankers), is rare breath of fresh air. Steeped in Vaudeville Traditions, Pops is a writer of timeless tunes, Double Entendre Delights and Blues Ballads.

5) The Double Decker String-band: The Rest is Yet To Come (5 String Productions 2006). One of America's greatest old timey bands! Bruce Hutton plays solid old time Banjo-Ukulele like the old hillbilly players of the 20's and 30's. Rock Solid! Classic!

6) Jake Shimabukuro: Crazy G- This is a little gem of chord harmony and arranging, it is also a tip of the hat to the Ragtime era and great practice for every ukulele player in developing finesse and speed. Yes, this is a simple tune, but, aren't the best melodies the simple...think camp-town races, grandfathers clock, dixie, there is a reason why certian melodies linger and others do not, Jake got it right on this one!

7) Ukulele Ike: Sings Again The Disney Sessions produced some great takes of Cliff Edwards singing his favorite songs, and while the ukulele is often obscured by the session players, this is a gem of an album.

8) Bill Tapia: Duke of Uke (moonroom records 2005) Like Lyle, Bill is from a generation of players who understood clearly what a tune calls for...tasteful solos, the melody, and good does of Jazz and Blues to color a classic tune. Bill said to me in NY recently, Lil Rev, everything sounds like a scale, these young kids don't know when to tone it down!
Keep it simple and lean into it once in a while!

9) Hokum Blues: 1924-1929 (Document) These recordings represent the very best of the Blues and Jug Band Styles for Ukulele.

10) King Bennie Nawahi: Hawaiian String Virtuoso (Yazoo 2000) Like Roy Smeck, Bennie was a brilliant player whose mainland tours inspired a whole generation of steel guitar players in the country, jazz and blues tradition.


That's it for this year!