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John: WELCOME BACK BACK TO
LIVING808TV.
NICE TO HAVE YOUR GOOD FRIEND
JAKE SHIMABUKURO ON THE SHOW.
NEW CD AND SHOW.
HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT, BUT
BOTH OF THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
Tannya: CONGRATULATIONS.
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
John: CD IS CALLED TRIO.
AND I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT
IT'S A KIND OF A
COLLABORATION.
YES?
OH, YEAH.
DID HE HAVE ADEFINITELY.
TWO BUDDIES OF MINE TOURING
WITH FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS.
NOLAN B BASSIST OUT OF
NASHVILLE.
DAVE ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYER
OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO.
VERY DIFFERENT.
INSTRUMENTATION IS ACOUSTIC
UKULELE WITH ELECTRIC GUITAR
AND ELECTRIC BASS.
SO THE, YEAH, IT'S VERY
DIFFERENT.
BUT I REALLY ENJOYED THIS
PROJECT.
John: SOUNDS NEAT.
YOUR LAST ALBUM WAS OFF THE
HOOK.
SO AWESOME.
THANKS, MAN.
THANK YOU.
John: I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED.
THAT YOU ACTUALLY NEVER REALLY
PLAYED A TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN
SONG.
YEAH.
NOT SO MUCH ON MY SOLO
RECORDS.
I'VE DONE A FEW HERE AND
THERE.
BUT THIS ONE WAS VERY SPECIAL.
AND I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS
SONG WAIALAE.
RECORDED BY THE SONS OF
HAWAII.
ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE HAD A
BEAUTIFUL VERSION OF IT.
BUT I TELL THE STORY BECAUSE
FIRST TIME I WENT TO JAPAN TO
PERFORM, I WAS OPENING ACT.
THIS WAS LIKELIKE IN THE
90s.
OPENING ACT FOR THE SIDE ORDER
BAND, CONSISTED CHRIS KAMAKA,
BUY-IN, DEL AND ASA YOUNG.
AT THE TIME, I WAS VERY
EXPERIMENTAL WITH THE THINGS I
WAS DOING ON THE UKULELE.
A LOT OF DISTORTION STUFF.
KIND OF WEIRD SOUNDS.
GETTING AWAY FROM THE
NONTRADITIONAL.
I REMEMBER I PLAYED MY SET.
OPENED FOR THEM.
AFTERWARD, I SAT IN THE
AUDIENCE AND THEY STARTED
THEIR SET.
AND THEY OPENED UP WITH
WAIALAE.
AND I JUST STARTED CRYING.
BECAUSE I THINK IT MADE ME
JUST KEEP A GOOD BALANCE OF
THE TRADITIONAL SOUND OF THE
UKULELE WITH THE
NONTRADITIONAL SOUNDS OF
UKULELE.
I ALWAYS, THAT'S WHY FOR ME,
BRIAN TOLENTINO SUCH A GREAT
MENTOR.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO REALLY
REMINDED ME OF THAT.
John: YEAH.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE GO.
SEEMS LIKE FOR A LONG TIME.
TRAVELING.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE GOING ON?
WHAT'S NEXT?
I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING.
QUITE A BIT.
SO MUCH FUN.
JUST THE BEST EDUCATION.
I HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO
COLLABORATE WITH OTHER
MUSICIANS.
AND TO JUST TO LEARN.
REALLY HAVE THAT TIME TO FOCUS
ON MY CRAFT.
John: MARK 6, BLUE NOTE,
6:30 AND 9.
MARCH 6.
I'LL BE PLAYING A LOT OF
SONGS OFF THE NEW RECORD.
OFF THE TRIO RECORD.
JUST I DON'T KNOW.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
SOMETIMES THAT'S THE NICE
THING ABOUT PLAYING THERE.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHO'S
GOING TO SHOW UP.
SOMEBODY MIGHT JUST CALL LAST
MINUTE, YOU PLAYING AT BLUE
NOTE?
COME ON DOWN.
JAM.
PLUG IN.
WE'LL SEE.
NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A
PREVIEW.
ALBUM COMES OUT
FEBRUARY 14.
VALENTINE'S DAY.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT CD
STORES, ON THE DIGITAL
PLATFORM, DOWNLOAD IT OFF OF
I-TUNES.
HOWEVER YOU GET MUSIC.
John: NEW CD TRIO.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IT LIVE,
MARCH 6, BLUE NOTE.
FOR TWO SHOWS.
GOING TO GIVE YOU SMALL
PREVIEW NOW.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IN
VINYL.
INTO THAT'S THE THING.
THAT'S THE THING NOW.
COMING BACK.
Tannya: YEAH.
ALL COMING BACK.
John: THANK YOU.
GIVE US A PREVIEW?
SURE.
John: APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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