Post #227785 by Thomas on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 9:23 PM

Jake Shimabukuro is apparently again featuring prominently in JB's current tour. Impressive stuff.

Re. some of the above comments, yeah, some of his stuff is abominable. I only like the good stuff. I think the US military should use "Cheeseburger..." as part of psy-ops when trying to flush terrorists out of their hiding places. Just crank it, on a continuous tape loop...

"Far side of the World," "Beach House on the Moon," "Off to See the lizard" etc. have some nice, refreshing stuff. None of it ever got any radio play, which is probably a plus nowadays.

Anyway, to each his own. I hope no one's forming a conclusion based on some three songs, e.g. M'ville, Why don't we get drunk, and Cheeseburger. Jeez, if that's all there was to him I'd revile him too.

Well, M'ville is a cute piece of work, but a victim of its own success. Driving a rental car around Naples, FL a few months ago, I tuned into one of those ultra-saccharine easy-listening stations for older folks. They played a version of Margaritaville that was all strings, like Muzak for the lobby of an old folks' home. I thought, "yes, this is where it's headed, isn't it!"

But ya know, it was actually pretty good... Or at least, fitting to the environment. I cranked it and enjoyed the ride.