Thursday, April 10, 2008

Way to Go Jason

Jason Castro's version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was pretty good last night. He played a "ukulele" this time. Wiki says that this stringed instrument is commonly associated with music from Hawaii, where the name roughly translates as "jumping flea". It was developed there in the 1880s, based on several small guitar-like instruments introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese sailors. 

The song is just perfect for him and i'm glad he played using a ukelele for a change. I'm rooting for him to win AI hopefully  he'll get even better in the coming weeks. 




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