John Prine. Need we say more? One of the greatest songwriters of his generation, we will introduce two of his songs, Angel from Montgomery and Paradise, at this session. But first, our own Halee O’Dell will demo a contemporary Christian worship song called “Yes I Will” by Vertical Worship that she has been practicing. Our […]
If so, come on over to the Mentone Uke’s next session on March 16th. The setlist is built from our Mentone Ukes Collection of cowboy songs paying homage to the rich history of American Country and Bluegrass tunes. Willie Nelson is a crowd favorite and iconic figure of the genre. We will learn the well-known […]
It’s time to get ourselves ready for our upcoming Spring performances at the Farmers Market at Mentone and the MERF luncheon! But first, our own Romey Atchley will demo “Lasagna” by Al Yankovic, a parody based on the melody and tempo of the Ritchie Valens’ song “LaBamba.” This song has a fun strumming pattern and […]
We are creating an awesome Spring Song Set for our upcoming performances at the MERF luncheon and Farmer’s Markets (and who knows where else)! At this last practice session on April 13 at 1:00 PM CT we will play through the following songs: City of New Orleans; You Plant Your Fields; Sweet Caroline; Fly Me […]
Reminder: Our MERF luncheon performance is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17th. Thus far I have the following names of folks planning to play. There’s plenty of time, but please do let me know if your name is not listed and you’re intending to join us for that event:Hank AKelleyJerry and DebraRayRomeyLilaJanetDon
Meet at the NEW stage on the grounds of Mentone Inn around 10:30. We will begin playing around 11:00 and play for as we'd like, probably until 12:30. We will draw songs from our Spring 2024 Song Set. Bring your ukulele and tuner. Chairs will be provided at the venue.
Join us this Saturday, April 27th at 1:00 PM CT at Moon Lake Library for a special session that will explore a few songs written and/or sung by women, or other songs that speak to or are about women (relationships, love, family, longing) that we haven’t played for a while: Brown-Eyed Girl, Sweet Caroline, Circle […]
Calling all players: This Friday, May 3rd we will perform at the Mentone Farmer's Market (3-5 pm)!! We have an awesome Spring 2024 Song Set. The more the merrier! Invite your family and friends to come on out and support our local growers and—of course—the Mentone Ukes!
We’ve got a great line up of songs to play at our session on Saturday! Some are familiar tunes we haven’t played for a while (Sloop John C and Somewhere Over the Rainbow); some songs were recently introduced that we’re still learning (Wagon Wheel, Bye Bye Love, I Can Help, and You Plant Your Fields); […]
Jerry and I are so looking forward to seeing you all at the Mentone Ukes Performance THIS Saturday, May 18th at the Little River Arts Council Big Art Pop-Up mini-festival on the grounds of The Mentone Inn. We play once again on the totally new and very cool Make Your Mark on Mentone Stage. Players, […]
Bring your whiskers. Bring your banjolele. Be prepared for some good pickin’ and strummin’! I’ve been wanting to do this session for a long time! We’ve got nine great songs from the movie soundtrack. Gospel, Bluegrass, Traditional. You name it! If they were good enough for George Clooney they’re certainly good enough for the Mentone […]
Reminder! No Mentone Ukes session this Saturday, June 8th. We are performing at a get-together for a church senior group that afternoon/evening. And be aware that GREAT THINGS are in the works for our next regular session on June 22nd! It will be lots of fun and informative, too. More info on that session as […]
