WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808."
HE IS A MASTER, JAKE SHIMABUKURO
IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING
UKULELE ENTERTAINERS OF ALL
TIME.
NO BETTER PERSON TO TALK ABOUT
THE CD THAN JAKE HIMSELF.
JAKE, HE'S HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S CALLED THE GREATEST DAY.
WHY DID YOU NAME IT THE GREATEST
DAY?
SOMETHING POSITIVE.
I THINK THE UKULELE, THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT MAKES
PEOPLE SMILE.
IT BRINGS A LOT OF JOY TO
PEOPLE.
I STARTED PLAYING IT WHEN I WAS
A KID AND IT'S BROUGHT ME A LOT
OF JOY THROUGHOUT MY LIFE BUT
I'VE SEEN HOW PEOPLE EVEN LATER
ON IN LIFE PICKING UP AN
INSTRUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME,
PICKING UP THE UKULELE AND SEE
HOW IT TRANSFORMS THEIR DAY.
HOPEFULLY THE MUSIC WILL BRING
THAT SAME JOY TO PEOPLE.
LOOKING AT THE SONGS ON THE
MY DAD AND MOM SAID THIS IS
THEIR FAVORITE RECORD OF MINE
BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF KIND OF
THE OPENING TRACK IS A TUNE BY
THE ZOMBIES, TIME OF THE SEASON,
LOVE TRIANGLE.
WE'VE GOT A LOWEN CO-CONSISTENT
TRIBUTE, HALLELUJAH.
HOW DOES THE GREATEST DAY
KIND OF REFLECT YOUR EVOLUTION
AS A MUSICIAN?
WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR CD?
WITH THIS ALBUM WE JUST KIND
OF REALLY WENT ALL OUT.
WE BROUGHT IN STROING PLAYERS,
HORN PLAYERS, GUITARISTS.
PIANO PLAYERS.
I NEVER HAD THAT MUCH
INSTRUMENTATION ON A RECORD
BEFORE.
WE'LL LET YOU PLAY HERE IN A
SECOND.
WHEN DOES THIS THING DROP?
AUGUST 31ST.
SO FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
AWESOME STUFF.
IT'S THE LATEST DAY AND WE
COULDN'T LET YOU LEAVE HERE
WITHOUT PLAYING SOMETHING FOR
US.
YEAH.
HERE'S JAKE.