Close to Me (Krabbers cover)

[GeneInCorona]

Great song!  What are the chords/tabs? Much appreciated!

[russbuss415]

@GeneInCorona thanks! if you check out the original by krabbers, he has the chords listed in his video description.

[UKISOCIETY]

Listening again. Great ending to this...

[russbuss415]

@UKISOCIETY: thank you mr. cakes!

[cefdad]

What a great song! I am going to check him out. Thanks for posting this Russ.

[russbuss415]

yes please do. krabbers is a great songwriter. tahnks for the comment!

[mctrmt]

That's works so well on the ukejo.

[russbuss415]

thanks Mary-Anne! time to see your new ukejo in action./

[uke5417]

Great tune, and a great cover, Russington Twins. (I thought maybe you'd been inspired by the cool "jump" mirror at the Exploratorium.)

[russbuss415]

thanks Bruce! it's been a long time since i've been to the exploratorium. but i know exactly what you're talking about!

[doogey9]

nailed it!

do you like that gold tone?....sounds like it's got some volume....

cheers,

todd

[russbuss415]

thanks Todd! the gold tone is okay. it came with very high action so i didn't play it for a long time. i just sanded down the nut recently and now it plays like a charm. it's shiny and very loud! almost too loud actually.

[kidparagon]

great song and cover

[russbuss415]

thanks man!

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Nice 'jo!

[russbuss415]

i see what you did there! thanks Yopps :)

[adellethegreat]

Mmm banjolele goodnes.

Krabbers is the man & you rocked this, Russ!

[russbuss415]

thanks me dearest Adelle!

[itsBABYSMITH]

this song is just so beautiful....and you did it such justice, my dear sir! i actually love the mirror effect too....it looks like you're conjoined twins (appropriate, given the song title)

[russbuss415]

thank you babysmith, aka miss thang!

[GuitarGooch]

Nice tune....gave me a happy feeling!

[russbuss415]

thank you GG :)

[seeso]

suuupeerrrbb

[russbuss415]

mahaaaalozzzzzz

[fourteentwelve]

Double Russ = double awesome! That was great! I'm loving the sound of the banjolele. It was perfect for that song too.

[russbuss415]

thanks Michelle! i double appreciate it :)

[hoosierhiver]

Wunderbra!

[russbuss415]

thank ya Mike! i didn't think anyone could see that i was wearing one.

[unclejeff64]

great job russ!

one of these days i'm gonna get me a banjolele.

[russbuss415]

thanks much Jeff! looking forward to your broadcast tomorrow :)

[phillipsderek]

Nice job! I've been wondering about those Goldtone banjoleles. What do you think of it? (it sounds great)

[russbuss415]

thanks! i had to sand down the nut a bit because the action was pretty high. plays much nicer now. it's a beautiful instrument although it's a bit on the loud side. let me know if you want any more sound samples.

[SaddleSoreSista1]

Sounds fantastic on the banjolele, such a great version, loved it.

[russbuss415]

thanks V! hope you're doing well :)

[AcousticMonster]

Happy 4th Russ!

[russbuss415]

thanks Danny!  hope you had a nice 4th as well.

[rightonpard]

A great cover of a great song, and I like the sound of that instrument!

[russbuss415]

thanks! the banjolele has quite a neat sound.

[mjs004]

Russ, great one! Superb rendition! Love the sound of the banjolele! Happy 4th! Goin to Chrisy Fields?

[russbuss415]

thanks Mike! happy 4th to you as well. not sure where we're headed tonight.

[TheCoffeeJunkee]

Hey Russ, I didnt know you had a twin! And he's lefthanded too, thats cool!... He should start his own youtube channel, he is almost as good as you!... Great job covering this great Krabbers tune!

[russbuss415]

yup, that's my lazy half over there. and my half is the slacker. thanks CJ!

[UKISOCIETY]

Nice! The Gold Tone didn't overpower you either!

[russbuss415]

thanks Alan! it did beat me at indian leg wrestling though. D.T.

[jfrmusic]

Awesome! Love it!

[russbuss415]

thank you muchly!

[henriness]

You are always so fun to watch perform. Thanks for the double dose of Russ. Great job!

[russbuss415]

thanks man! i appreciate it :)

[eerteep]

great job russ!

: )

p.

[russbuss415]

many thanks Petri!

[deach69]

Sweet Gold Tone. Awesome cover PD. YHFEATCASI.

[russbuss415]

thanks deach! you're saving the world, one letter at a time. FEA!

[PivotSkillage]

Didn't know you had a brother.

Nice reverb btw

[russbuss415]

thanks buddy! yeah, my twin brother is a ripe bastard. don't tell him i said that though.

[PivotSkillage]

lol.

Ripe?

[krabbers]

maaaaan, ya gotta love the russington twins

nice work russ, you and you sister made it sound superb

[russbuss415]

twinzzzz, thanks for lending me your song krabbers! i'll wash it before i give it back :)

[casetone2514]

Excellent cover - definitely different to the Krabbers original. When are you and your sister going to do another duet?

[russbuss415]

thanks Tony! my sister is camera shy so it might be a while :)

[TokyoUketarist]

Sounds great! It would be cool if you could do Kermits Rainbow song with that banjolele.

[russbuss415]

thanks! i'm going to need some green paint then!

[nemoAUS]

awesome audio hero!!

[russbuss415]

lol, thanks Nam, you awesome dude you!

[BaronK69]

Great one Russ! Krabbers really write some sweet songs. And you cover them so well.

[russbuss415]

thanks BK! krabbers is my hero, but you're my heroine. (and heroin too)

[BaronK69]

I'm your smack!

[russbuss415]

mmmSmackkkk

[weegingayin]

I saw what you just did there with that mirror :-)

[russbuss415]

thanks :)

[UnluckyMum]

Love this song- great cover Russ- that banjokelele thingy sounds fab :)

[russbuss415]

thanks Caroline! the ukujobanlele is wildly fun to play.

[jmmquah]

Wow Russ, didn't know you were ambidextrous too! That was too good for words. Banjo uke is very cool (though possibly not in the conventional sense of the word!)

[russbuss415]

thanks James! the thing is i can't work a fork and knife without having to switch after i cut. dinner is such an ordeal.

[FatBaldGuy60]

I do that too. Glad I am not the only one. Great, great cover.

[russbuss415]

lol, thanks! really good to hear there are others out there with the same knife issue :)

[weegingayin]

I would give my right hand if I could be ambidextrous

[irvingjohn]

I think you should trademark that strum. Anytime I see someone else do it I think... they've been watching Russ videos too.

Krabbers rules! Great cover!

[russbuss415]

haha, i'm so unaware of how i strum. i really need to watch some of Aldrine's lessons to correct that.

thanks John!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

If you haven't got a twin, Rus, there's an identical stranger sitting by you. Great cover.

[russbuss415]

thanks Ken! my twin and i always fight over the last biscuit. i usually lose.

[DonfromMT]

Even the technologically advanced have a glitch now and then, but this one was fortuitious. Cool effect! Banjolele really suits this song, too. Russ, you really do rock. Hope you know that.

[russbuss415]

thanks Don! you are too kind.

[BornAgainJeeper]

i didn't know you had a twin...scary thought

[russbuss415]

tell me about it! and both twins are evil too...

[degcon]

You are close to you! Awesome Krabber cover!

[russbuss415]

that's what that smell was! thanks DeG :)

[ukeshale]

great job bro. i love this song

[russbuss415]

thanks Shane! i love this song so much, i asked it out on a date. got rejected though :(

[Gregparkerblues]

Good lyrics,Krabbers. Singing/Banjolele : 5****,Russ.

[russbuss415]

many thanks Greg!

[kennymelodica]

How awesome !!! not enough stars in the universe to award you, but 5/5 on a youtube scale for your krabbers cover

[russbuss415]

thank you for your generous gift of stars kenny!

[GrumpyCoyoteTunes]

Spectacular! Twice the awesome...

[russbuss415]

thank you thank you grumps!

[kc8afw]

Man...that Krabbers writes some awesome stuff. Excellent cover by you and your twin.

[russbuss415]

he sure does! thanks x 2 :)

[josephhoh]

I kept expecting you to harmonize lol!

Reminds me of the old joke--he had a mouth so wide he could sing duets...

[russbuss415]

lol, thanks Joseph!

[shanifawni]

what? that song is BY krabbers? whoooaa when he did it at the UWC i thought it was a cover and i was like, 'that's a really good song!'

sweet, still an awesome song. i like the banjolele too. mhmm soundin goood

[ukeshale]

i thought the same

[russbuss415]

thanks Shani! yeah, krabbers is the man and he carries buckets of awesome songs wherever he goes :)

[okvolleyball]

sweet nice job were did you get the banjo uke ? how much did it  cost ?

[russbuss415]

thanks Stephen. got it from ebay for about three bills.

[keonepax]

Another great song by krabbers and rendition by you! Love the sound and mirror effect! Off to watch the original...

[russbuss415]

thanks John! krabbers sure knows how to write em :)