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Wild Ukulele String Band

About Me

PLEASE NOTE: SOME SONGS IN THE PLAYER HAVE A LONG BLANK BEGINNING! SORRY ;-(
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..The two main ingredients of the "Wild Ukulele String Band" are: Rod Alward and Deb Chambers. They met three years ago on MySpace and have become VERY good friends!! Other Members include: Jamion Brunsting- "ChefJam" - on vocals, trashcan bass and trashcan drum, Cat Kresh - on vocals, guitar, ukulele, Celtic harp, trashcan bass and more and Randy - Rod's brother on vocals, guitar, ukulele and banjo. They have played together at the Ionia Bluegrass Show ~ Now - Saranac Acoustic Jamboree , Mackinaw City's "Mackinaw Crossings Mall", Lansing,MI. Art Fest, Lansing, MI. Folk Fest, Magdalena's Tea House and other assorted places.
Other occasional members include: Rose - Rod's sister on vocals, trashcan bass, tambourine & other instruments.
Make sure you catch them at two of Michigan's largest and best Music Festivals: Farmfest Main Stage in August ~ AND ~ Wheatland Music Fest in September!!!
Our music is "Home Grown and Home Made" ~ a mix of Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Jug Band & Gospel with a slight touch of Rock! Start with a Ukulele, add in guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, washboard, trashcan bass, suitcase bass drum and you've got a sound that's all it's own! We mainly do songs written by Rod, Cat, Randy and Deb but occasionally throw in tunes by Dylan, Hank Williams Sr. & Pete Seeger.
You can see many of our videos here:
.. Wild Ukulele String Band on YouTube .. Rod Alward
We ARE a "Band For Hire" ~ Contact us!!
While you're here ~ don't forget to sign our "Guest Book".
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.. Help Advertise for Farmfest! You can download this poster full size from our pictures ( the first album ) and print it out!...... ....


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Member Since: 29/07/2008
Band Website: www.myspace.com/wildukulelestringband"www.myspace.com/wilduk ulelestringband
Band Members: Home Grown & Home Made!! ;-)

...... Rod ~ "hotrod" ~

vocals, ukulele, guitar, can bass, can drum, banjo, kazoo, harmonica, mandolin, penny whistle & much, much more... .. .. .... Deb ~

vocals, ukulele, banjo, bells & whistles, can bass, washboard, kazoo, can drum, frame drum, mandolin, bones, bicycle bell, bicycle horn, AND NOW~ she's learning the acoustic bass!! .. .. ....Jamion ~ "ChefJam"

vocals, can bass, can drum, ...... Cat ~

Vocals, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, keyboard, piano, Celtic Harp .... .... Randy ~

Vocals, banjo, guitar, ukulele ....

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Rod and Deb doing "Red House" at Wheatland's TA open Mic. Watch our "Ukulele Hero" Lil' Rev - Peek in - enter and leave clapping! How COOL is That!?

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"My Buckets Got A Hole In It" ~ A Hank Williams Sr. Original!

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"Bahama Man"

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Influences: The Beatles, George Jones, JIMI HENDRIX, BOB DYLAN, BRUDDAH IZ, THE DOORS, DEL McCOURY, ALLISON KRAUSS, BOB MARLEY, BUNNY WAILER, AGUSTUS PABLO, STEVIE WONDER, THE FABULOUS HEFTONES, JOHNNY CASH, MERLE HAGGARD, THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND,!!!THE GUESS WHO,,PETE SEEGER, PATSY CLINE, THE TALKING HEADS,,,,JOEL MABUS,,HANK WILLIAMS(SENIOR), THE CURE, ERNEST TUBB, THE CARTER FAMILY, BILL MONROE, DOC WATSON, Jim Reeves, Marshall Tucker Band, Lynard Skynard, DAD, LEN, RON, Chet, The Monkees, Seals & Crofts, The Partridge Family, The Munsters, Richard Chamberlain, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny Bono, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Bobby Sherman, The Jackson 5, Donny Osmond, Manfred Mann, Freddie and The Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders
Sounds Like: We're having FUN!! We're a band for hire! Contact us!

OR E-MAIL:

[email protected]

Proud Producers of the Wild Ukulele String Band:

Record Label: HUMMM BUG PRODUCTIONS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NorEast'r Fest

NorEast'r Fest!Our second visit to this venue.What a BLAST!  My high-lite of the whole weekend was - FINALLY getting to REALLY meet Stacy Jo - the Farmfest Queen & I guess you could say - my Boss.   I...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:31:00 GMT

I'm STILL EXCITED!

Last Blog - Jan 2009 To start the New Year.Date log: May 1, 2009A LOT has happened since the last blog and I find it quite exciting! Just as I had hoped the New Year would be for the band.Cat has work...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:02:00 GMT

I'm so excited!!!!!!!!

I am soooooooo excited!In my last blog - I said we we're looking for new band members to help make this year start out right! With in days we had three - count them - three - inquiries and one has act...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:20:00 GMT

New Year...............New Plans.........

Happy 2009!Yep - it's a new year ahead of us - and we've got some BIG plans!First - We're changing our name. I know - we had a contest about this - and nothing became of it. Well - NOW it is. We've de...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:33:00 GMT