I-95 Drive Home Mystery Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s mystery artist in addition to being a member of a band in the running for this year Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he has also for many years enjoyed experimenting and playing the ukulele. Think you know who he might be of his nominated band??

To start his band that is waiting for nomination to turn hopefully into an induction is ‘The Cars’.  The member with a George Harrison love of ukuleles is Greg Hawkes. Wikipedia tells how since 2001 Hawkes has been playing and experimenting with the ukulele, including renditions of The Cars songs My Best Friend’s Girl, Drive, Tonight She Comes and You Might Think. In 2008, Hawkes released The Beatles Uke CD on Solid Air Records. The album consists of instrumental versions of 15 Beatles classics, in what he calls a “UKEsymphonic” style, using multi-tracked recordings to create a ukulele orchestra. The CD is testimony to the influence that the Beatles, particularly McCartney, have had on Hawkes' music and career. Among other instruments, Hawkes owns and plays a Talsma custom ukulele.

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