As you can see from this shot the camera cannot stop Jake’s hands.
(Thanks to my daughter Alex for this photo)
When you say you are going to see a Ukulele player many people smile and say “oh.” Well they have never seen Jake play. He can play it slow, he taps it, he can hammer it and the harmonics ring. He can play it so fast you cannot see his hands move. He really is the Stevie Ray Vaughn of the ukulele world. In fact just looking the word ukulele will bring up all kinds of youtube videos of Jake playing all kinds of songs. He has played with all kinds of bands and players. Some notable ones are Bela Fleck, Cindy Lauper, and he is currently touring with Jimmy Buffett, In fact as I write this he is enroute to shows in Detroit and NYC to play Madison Square Garden. Yes he really is that good.
The venue for the two sold out shows was the Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center.
http://www.blueridgepac.com/ This is a 501C non-profit which is managed entirely by a non-paid staff of volunteers. What a cool place. It is located in historic downtown Hendersonville and the place just plain rocks. The crowd was awesome. It was so quiet you could hear the audience breathe. Jake could have played the show unplugged and you could have heard it in the back. The acoustics are fabulous. You should go visit this place before the word gets out and you can’t get tickets anymore….