GreatPotoo

Every uke should come with a guardian. Mr. Blake camped out on the gig bag for four hours today to make certain no harm came to the...

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Thank you. That is a reasonable answer.

I'm gonna chime in with my usual "do what works for you". Thumb strumming works for me, but I have a lot of other non-standard...

Returning to the central question of the thread: no, the thumb isn't essential. But what is essential is progressing. Once you learn...

In early '67 BD asked TT to be in an impromptu film he wanted to make and Tim stayed with him and his family. He returned a little later...

Same here. I was young enough back then I didn't pay any attention. I don't ever remember him on TV other than when he played Tiptoe...

Holy Smokes! I always thought he just had a falsetto!!!

There’s a wonderful recording of TT on vocals performing the tearjerker “Sonny Boy” with Bob Dylan and The Band. Can’t find a link...

He usually played left-handed, but there are occasional photos of him playing right-handed.

I am a Willie Nelson fan for sure, but that was a terrible pairing and I hated the song.

Tim had a pretty great low voice too As polarizing as he is, I am personally a huge fan of his weirdo performances like this one...

I never noticed TT playing left handed. he's right handed in both those pics.

That's quite the pairing... Im' sure it worked though. I'm reliving first hearing Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias for the 1st time.