{"id":30613,"date":"2024-10-15T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/ukulele-virtuoso-jake-shimabukuro-says-mick-fleetwood-elevates-everyone-around-him\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:02:46","slug":"ukulele-virtuoso-jake-shimabukuro-says-mick-fleetwood-elevates-everyone-around-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/ukulele-virtuoso-jake-shimabukuro-says-mick-fleetwood-elevates-everyone-around-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro says Mick Fleetwood \u201celevates everyone around him\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-14\/M_BluesExperienceShimabukuroFleetwood_072424.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Forty Below Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ukulele virtuoso\u00a0<strong>Jake Shimabukuro\u00a0<\/strong>has teamed with <strong>Fleetwood Mac<\/strong> drummer <strong>Mick Fleetwood<\/strong> for the new album\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Blues Experience<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">,<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">and he tells ABC Audio he couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity to embrace the blues with the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Famer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYou know, he&#8217;s one of my favorite drummers,\u201d\u00a0Jake says. \u201cHe kind of just pioneered that style,\u201d noting that early Fleetwood Mac with <strong>Peter Green<\/strong> was a blues band.\u00a0<\/span>He adds<span class=\"s1\">, \u201cI mean, who better to kind of explore this genre of music than with him?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jake\u00a0shares that recording the album with Mick \u201cwas just a blast,&#8221; describing it as \u201cso inspiring to play\u201d with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHe&#8217;s just got this incredible, like, intensity and you know, he&#8217;s so present when he plays,\u201d Jake says. \u201cHe&#8217;s just always listening and he&#8217;s watching you and elevates everyone around him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;He\u00a0just looks at you and somehow, telepathically, you just kind of know what to do,&#8221; he adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The album features covers of tunes like <strong>Procol Harum<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cWhiter Shade of Pale,\u201d <strong>Neil Young<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0&#8220;Rockin\u2019 In The Free World,\u201d and more. The last song on the album is a cover of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s \u201cSongbird,\u201d which was recorded as a tribute to its songwriter, the late <strong>Christine McVie<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jake calls their\u00a0version of the tune \u201ca beautiful tribute\u201d to McVie and says when they were recording it, Mick got lost in the song.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAt the end, I remember, like, we all kind of faded out and Mick just kept the drums going,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then he opened his eyes and he told us that he felt Christine&#8217;s presence with us in the studio.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Blues Experience<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> will be released Friday. It is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jakeshimabukuro.lnk.to\/bluesexperience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>available for preorder<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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