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The Ukulele Occasional, Volume 2

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108 pages, 6"x9" in size, perfect-bound, with the following stories and interviews in no particular order:

• Illustrator Robert Armstrong draws a brief biography of the late King Bennie Nawahi.
• Jim Tranquida describes the situation that drove his great-great-grandfather, early uke builder Augusto Dias, from Madeira to Hawaii in August 1879.
• Frank Ford of Gryphon Stringed Instruments tells us how to repair koa ukulele cracks.
• UO editor Michael Simmons interviews living uke legend Ohta-San.
• UO editor Jason Verlinde interviews master uke luthier Duane Heilman.
• Phil Milstein chronicles the life of one-hit wonder (and baritone uke player) Nervous Norvous.
• Earnest Instruments proprietor Joel Eckhaus talks to Australia's Azo Bell.
• Gregg Miner writes the definitive history of the harp ukulele.
• Sacramento-based cartoonist Michael King contributes an original ukulele comic strip.
• Seattle's Kurt B. Reighley interviews underground pop music duo the moth wranglers.
• Mr. Verlinde talks to Fluke creator Dale Webb.
• Ukulelia creator Mark Frauenfelder interviews King Kukulele on his impossibly weird world travels.
• Mr. Verlinde interviews actor William H. Macy on his love for the uke.
• Reviews of books and CDs and videos.
• Vintage photos.
• A few more odds & ends ...

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