The Big F partners with the son of Beatles legend George Harrison for a Shiva Yantra-adorned mini-strummer
(Image credit: Fender)
Fender has teamed up with Dhani Harrison – singer-songwriter and son of George Harrison – for a brand-new Artist Signature Series ukulele.
Available in two finishes – Blue Sapphire and Turquoise – the new tenor-sized model features a solid ovangkol construction, with three quarter-sized depth and upgraded Fender electronics.
Visually, the instrument sports a Shiva Yantra design on the back, as well as Shiva moon phases decorating the fingerboard. The pattern of these inlays varies depending on finish.
“I knew that if I did a Fender signature model, it would have to be a ukulele,” Harrison says. “I ve always played it and I write a lot of stuff on a uke. I spent a lkot of time in Hawaii growing up and it was there that I really fell in love with the uke as a serious instrument.
By Bill Sniffin, publisher
By some kind of stroke of luck and good timing, my wife Nancy and I received our COVID-19 vaccinations today (Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021). We got the Pfizer shot, administered by the nice folks at the Lander Medical Clinic.
Over a month ago, I called the clinic and asked when we could be considered for a shot? They did not know but said they would put us on a waiting list.
Then we got a call from the clinic saying that while they are giving shots to health care workers, sometimes there might be left over shots available. Would we make ourselves available on a moment’s notice? Yes, I said, we would.
Get Behind the Mule Pivots to the Web Talking with show organizer and artist manager Mary Sack about the 15th annual Tom Waits tribute and Second Harvest benefit Tweet
Seth Walker and Mary SackPhoto: John Partipilo
The mission of Get Behind the Mule, Nashville’s annual Christmastime Tom Waits covers bash, is twofold. First, it’s a chance to pay tribute to the legendary gravelly-voiced troubadour alongside fellow fans and admirers from the local music community. Just as important: Raising money to fight hunger ahead of the holidays.
Named for a choice cut from Waits’ 1999 left-field hit
Mule Variations, the inaugural GBM took place in 2006 at The Basement and has been reprised each winter since, scheduled as close as possible to Dec. 7, Waits’ birthday. When founder David Noel a painter, Basement staffer and Waits superfan was planning the fourth installment in 2009, he reached out to an acquaintance, artist manager and music-biz vet Mary S