Jake Shimabukuro – Mesa Arts Center – 2018

I was inspired to play the Ukulele in 2014, while Jaime and I were in Oahu and decided to just hit up the Ukulele festival down the road from the hotel. I was like fuck it, sure, why not? I dug some of that Hawaii music, it was okay at best. Then this one guy gets announced, and whoever he is, talked about how he didn’t sing and liked fingerstyle ukulele. He then did some fucking amazing music! Come to find out, it was Jake Shimabukuro. I didn’t even get to see him, but I sat in the grass and listened to him and was just… Just awed at what he could do on four strings.

I got an ukulele, and then started learning. I learned and learned and played a lot. Well, tonight, and 15 ukuleles later, I got to see Jake!