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Event
Uke-A-Palooza 2019
Come out for the ukulele event of the year!
All ages
Featuring From Alaska Ukulele Russ And His One Man Frontier Band
Also performing:
Kristina Looney
Donald Prange
TJ Peavey
Linda Davis
Pete Mascitelli
MCd by Amazing Dick
Alaska the Final Frontier. Alaska has captured imaginations ever since Thomas Jefferson purchased it from the French for two cases of whiskey and a buckskin pouch of glass beads. And now, with the birth of the interwebs and the dawn of the reality TV age upon us, people once again turn their eyes northward. They are enthralled with Alaska, but is what they see really reality?
A native son of New England, professional ukulele player, and natural blonde, Ukulele Russ turned his wandering eye northward. After touring on and off with booze hall bands and B-list rap troops for several years, he packed his things and made the move to The Great Land. He rented a small, dry cabin with his fiancée just outside of the Fairbanks city limits, bought a compact car known for its fuel economy and ability to corner well on icy roads, and hit the streets of Jeffersons Folly to hunt for a job with only 6 dollars left to his name. He was a man on a mission and broke.
Unable to comprehend how the ukulele could be seen as anything other than stringed testosterone, Russ set out to expand peoples minds and open their hearts to the subtle sweetness of what Shakespeare often referred to as those bitchin little Hawaiian guitars. By locking himself away in his dark, tiny cabin he has developed his own unique style of ukuleleing, discovering that they can in fact be used to create music other than the songs you hear at the Honolulu airport, and he has been capturing audiences attention ever since. From rock and roll to funk, bluegrass to hip-hop, Russ takes the ukulele into uncharted waters and has compiled a selection of humorous stories and multi-genre songs about Alaska and the people who call it home.
Learn just how real things can get with the ukulele player Gene Siskel once described as that homeless looking guy hanging out in the parking lot by my car. Ukulele Russ is a wild mana dude who chooses to drive a Cooper Mini in a Mac Truck world, an hombre who opts for a tacquito over the burrito grande. He is playing it fast and loose in a guitarists jungle with his show The Last Ukulele Frontier, which contains the secret history of 49th state, and a true account of Russs life in the north, all set to piano ukulele music, telling the stories of a musicians survival in the subarctic.started in New England. Fled the recession to the frontier of Alaska. And now after a year hiatus he is back entertaining crowds on both sides of the North American continent. Currently residing under the midnight sun in the interior of sub-arctic Alaska.
Songs you love. Songs you hate. Songs you love to hate. He is a little bit of everything wrapped up into one long haired country boy who is quick to judge and tell you all about it with a ukulele.
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LocationThe FRONTROOM (View)
910 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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