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Mark Eagleton
by Mark Eagleton
I play bluegrass, honky tonk, and rockabilly double bass. I took up the ukulele in around 2006 because it’s more portable. I didn’t count on falling in love with it so much.
Episodes
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Tabletop Box (Gut Strings)
This is another take of Table Top Box in the same key and tempo as the last version, only this time with gut strings. In the previous version, I’m using Aquila Lavas. I thought it would be cool to do a back-to-back comparison, since most people don’t use gut strings on their instruments. Gut...
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Baltimore Oriole
Hoagy Carmichael has always been a huge favorite of mine. A legendary songwriter, and under-rated performer. I have always been a sucker for songwriters performing their own songs. Hoagy is at the top of my list. I took this arrangement from my official Hoagy Carmichael songbook and reworked it…
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Summertime Is Past And Gone
In honor of the fall equinox in the northern hemisphere, a lovely waltz about the end of summer and walking in the moonlight.
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Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
One of my all-time favorite Bill Monroe waltzes, this arrangement by YouTube’s ukulelezaza is what inspired me to record these country and bluegrass waltzes on the ukulele. Ukulelezaza epitomizes everything I love about this instrument. He doesn’t post enough, but his channel is very worth...
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Kentucky Waltz
One of the waltzes I’m working on. I did this one pretty strait with almost no dynamics. I like the idea of bringing out the structure, but I may spiff it up a bit. Bill Monroe’s vocal phrasing is really great on this tune, so I’ll probably try to emulate that.
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St. James Infirmary Blues
I’d been working out ukulele arrangements of some country and bluegrass waltzes, when I stumbled upon this in a songbook my wife picked up. It derailed my waltz project for a little bit, but I like the way it came out.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I play bluegrass, honky tonk, and rockabilly double bass. I took up the ukulele in around 2006 because it’s more portable. I didn’t count on falling in love with it so much.
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Mark Eagleton
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