The Tracks Of My Years - No.1 Will Grove-White

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Presented and produced by Alex Bingham. With thanks to Ben and Rob at Aquarium Studios for their audio expertise.

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Biography Podcasts

Alex Bingham from UOGB HQ chats to the Ukes about their musical passions and influences.

13-12-2011 (38.77 MB)

Duration: 42:19 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 128 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ

No.1 Will Grove-White

Alex Bingham from UOGB HQ takes a break from the office to chat to Orchestra member Will Grove-White about the music that has shaped his life. Delving deep into his record collection, Will pulls out some absolute corkers, including a version of "Over the Rainbow" that would have (debatably) sent Dorothy fleeing down the Yellow Brick Road. We might even get to the bottom of that dancing camels story...
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Tracks included:

1) Lee Dorsey - Holy Cow
Composer: Alan Toussaint

2) Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - St James Infirmary Blues
Composer: Cab Calloway/Irving Mills

3) Bobby McFerrin - Blackbird
Composer: Paul McCartney

4) The Mills Brothers - I've Found a New Baby
Composer: Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams

5) Cliff Edwards - Medley: It Had To Be You/Paddlin' Madelaine Home
Composer: Gus Kahn/Isham Jones; Harry Woods

6) The Stu Brown Sextet - Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals
Composer: Raymond Scott

7) Fishbone - Cholly
Composer: Kendall Jones/Angelo Moore

8) Tom Waits - Step Right Up
Composer: Tom Waits

9) Shoobie Taylor - Over the Rainbow
Composer: Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg

NB I would like to point out that, when coming up with the title for this podcast, I was unaware that Ken Bruce had a feature of the same name on his Radio 2 show. I hope for a peaceful co-existence.
Alex Bingham

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Keywords: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, UOGB, Will Grove-White, Uke