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Petty Booka

Petty Booka

About Me


World famous Ukulelel-playing Chorus duo, Petty and Booka from Tokyo. We specialize in putting a unique polynesian or Country-Western twist on faves from the world of country, bluegrass, exotica, punk, 1980s pop, and what ever cool. We have been releasing lots of albums from BENTEN Label Tokyo since 1996. We love American roots music! We love bluegrass!! We love Punk and Rock’N’Roll!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/2/2006
Band Website: sister.co.jp/pettybooka/
Band Members: Petty and Booka
Influences:

THE CARTER FAMILY, Bill Monroe,Dan Hicks, The Ramones, The Byrds, Hank Williams, Sam Cooke, Connie Francis, Patsy Cline, Ian Whitcomb, The Ukulele Orchestra of the Great Britain, Bob Wills, Paul Simon, The Byrds, Southern Culture on the Skids, Asylum Street Spankers, Hot Club of Cow Town, Amos Garrett, Geoff Muldaur, Bobby Charles, Back Owen, Bob Dylan, Asleep On The Wheel, Operation Ivy, Johnny Cash, Don Tiki, Dan Penn, Eric Kaz, Marc Benno, Phat Phunktion, Guitar Wolf, Stereo Total, Ditty Bops, Carol King, Junior Brown, Linda Ronstads, Lunachicks, Oops-a-Daisies, Every Brothers, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Janet Kline, Lyle Lovett, Shorty Long, Queb Sisters, Lolita No.18, Jackie and The Cedricks, Loretta Lynn,New Grass Revival, John Cowan Band,The Aquabats, Rilo Kiley, Japanese Girls bands and BENTEN Label

Sounds Like: McGuire Sisters and Every Brothers
Record Label: BENTEN Tokyo
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We Love America!

We post our recent US tour photo here.Lots of memories..Thank you for coming everyone.We love you and American music!Wanna come back again soon.Petty Booka
Posted by Petty Booka on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:39:00 PST

Petty Booka is coming back to USA again in March!

Petty Booka is coming back to USA again in March!*Japan Nite US tour 2008 from 3/16 to 3/23*with: Petty Booka/The Emeralds/detroit7ketchup mania/THE BEACHES /SCANDALMarch 16th (Sun) NEW YORK @Knittin...
Posted by Petty Booka on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:28:00 PST