Entrevistas

1. Living in Hawaii after Pearl Harbor

2. Mother taught him how to play the ukulele

3. Inspired to play ukulele after hearing Eddie Kamae

4. How he got on the All-Navy show on Ed Sullivan

5. Friend convinced him to make a record

6. Number 1 Hit "Sushi"

7. Playing 3 shows a night in Waikiki

8. "Song for Anna"

9. Performing in Japan

Ohta,Herb

(n. 1934) Ukelelista de Hawái

Mother taught him how to play the ukulele

Yeah, my mother used to play the ukulele. In those days, it seemed it was only natural that each home had an ukulele, and it wasn’t an expensive instrument like it is today. You know, you could buy a good Kamaka ukulele for five dollars. Of course, at that time, five dollars was a lot of money, probably. But, you know, they all had one in the home...but she’s never played solo ukulele. She played mandolin, you know, but not solo ukulele. But she taught me the chords, you know, to play a certain song and sing, you know.

She told me, a long time ago, she said "You know, you can never eat playing the ukulele" Haha! That's what she told me. "You will never make it a livelihood, you can never eat playing the ukulele!" Hahaha!

Hawái música instrumentos musicales músicos ukelele Estados Unidos

Fecha: August 2012

Zona: Hawai`i, US

Entrevista: John Esaki

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Con 78 años de edad, es conocido por los aficionados al ukelele en Japón y en todo el mundo como “Ohta-san”. Ohta-san es un experto ukelelista que aprendió de su madre a tocar el instrumento en Honolulu, antes de la segunda guerra mundial. Ha desempeñado un papel importante en la popularización del ukelele durante las décadas de los 60 y 70, ampliando el repertorio del instrumento al incluir pop internacional y jazz, además de las canciones hawaianas. En su entrevista, Ohta-san demuestra vívidamente su evolución estilística al tocar fragmentos de canciones que fueron significativas para su carrera. (Junio del 2014)