The Butcher by Leonard Cohen - ukulele blues

[AllenInChrist]

beautiful.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

@AllenInChrist Thanks.

[MJDivaRGB]

Nice work! Check out our page for more Ukelele blues by MJDiva & Rodney Guitarsplat of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Take care!

[cletusbocephus]

Nice pickin', that's the good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks again.

[SOLETE5]

Nice!

Bravo...

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[lulutree1]

love it. simple. beautiful.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[toooldtoremember]

Ken, has anyone told you that you sound amazingly like Paul Simon?

Definitely a positive thing.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks for that. He is one of my long time favourite singer-songwriters.

[alexharwin]

beautiful. thanks.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[sanpedro1337]

Sounds great Ken! il get there with more practice....check out my vids for my take on blues ukulele. Il have to have a play on a Ohana, seems real nice= )

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[realisticspeakers]

But...but...the ukulele is a TOY!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Yes, my baby grand-daughter has one. She uses it as a bat.

[gregcotier]

My god, if that is 'rubbish', then the adjective doesn't exist to describe me! Bravo!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

haha. I thought it was worse than it was.

[raphaelkiddmusic]

really really cool

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[Bluessucker]

This is BRILLIANT! Never don't say 'Rubbish' after you finish the song - you are a Master! (I've been playing my Harmonicas along with you - sounds fantastic!)

Love and Peace!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much.

[partypilz]

Let's boooogie.. :-)

Nicely groove. I like it.

Good job

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[Louvainoftheland]

Excellent, Im just learning the Uke, and I am busy practicing the pattern picks you teach on one of your other videos. Ta, you are an excellent teacher also.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you very much.

[Billbobaker]

Great song and playing,

Who makes that ukulele you are playing?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

It is an Ohana TK-35G.

[BoCHaRDY]

Thats a damn big Uke! Is it an alto? And whats the tuning please?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

It's a tenor. Normal tuning: GCEA.

[shedmandoo]

Love this song and really enjoyed your version. Lots of emotion

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[74thegil]

This song reminds me of my father

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

OK.

[UkeeDreamer]

Lots of heros in this world; your are mine. great blues tune and work. Envy leads me to practice more. Smokin'

Loon

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Practice is good. Don't forget to practice things that you can't play, not just things that you can.

[glennlevinson]

Thank You

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[ShawDAMAN]

Nice Uke, nicely played

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[denukio]

wow, nice ukulele blues!!! i love ukulele tone.

congratulations!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[blanketfortgirl]

Rubbish? Are you crazy man? You are amazing, and you have a wonderful voice. I wish I could play like you, I'm going to have a bash at playing this before giving up because I cant do it.

Really enjoyed listening to this, thank you.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much. I'd forgotten all about recording.

[yizzlemanizzle]

Damn that's nice. I hope I can play like that some day

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much.

[BlueRawlo]

Brilliant thank you;

what chords are you using?.....ian

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks. A, D and E7.

[jayeyetube]

Excellent, Ken. I really enjoyed your rendition of this great song.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[toharenyk]

Nice !!! Thanks.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[fedecuco]

Excellent

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[idrnoel]

lovely vocals mate!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[bakersakter]

how did you get that echo?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Used gverb in Audacity.

[bakersakter]

ah it is a very nice rendition im a huge cohen fan

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

thanks.

[bakersakter]

no man you dont understand i really liekd it

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you. I'm a huge Cohen fan too.

[chitchatt2006]

As silly as this will sound, I keep thinking: "Ken Middleton and Eric Clapton Unplugged Doing the Ukulele Blues!" Very nice - you're quite versatile! :) -Lynn

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks again, Lynn.

[voicelead17]

awesome. i don't suppose you have a tab?

wonderful job.

[sinner48]

don't say rubbish i wish i could play as good well done

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks very much.

[santororock]

I love this song , your version is great ukelelle sounds really nice if you have time check my version of this song cheers

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Will do.

[thesoobz]

absolutely wonderful ken =) nice cover

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you.

[iamblinkin]

Great job Ken! :)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Ian.

[SaddleSoreSista1]

Ahhh just superb Ken, great feeling, and technique. Your voice sounded really good too. I thought I recognised an influence of Paul Simon maybe?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Paul Simon is one of my all-time favourite song-writers. I listened to him since the sixties. I must record another of his songs soon.

[mctrmt]

Wonderful!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Mary Ann.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[casetone2514]

Great bluesey feel Ken. You never cease to amaze me with your range. Now that I know you can blues it up with the best of them, I'd love to hear you cover Leadbelly's Where did you Sleep Last Night.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I take a look at it Tony, but I don't play blues too often. I may do a video on blues licks soon though. Do you think that would work?

[casetone2514]

That would be great. All the blues licks and riffs I know are guitar based and don't translate too well to uke.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

OK, I'll work on it.

[BaronK69]

Great blues playing and really sweet singing! You've got a unique voice. I like the way you rock at the end! 5*

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks R. You've got a unique voice too.

[ccannon711]

fantastic! totally jealous your singing, too... what uke should I get next... i think i want something with an active pick-up.

Any advice, Ken?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I don't much about ukes with pick-ups. I might look at a EleUke soon. Take a look.

[TokyoUketarist]

Really nice bluesy feel. And the recording sounds great! What do you use to record?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I use a Zoom H2 directly via USB into Audacity. I add a little treble EQ, gverb and normalise. I then export as an MP3.

[cz2509]

great song - I never really heard any Leonard Cohen till people started covering his stuff on uke lately.

[keonepax]

Excellent!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks a lot.

[ukulelereview]

Oh uke master, where for art thou tab? :o)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

No tab for this one, I'm afraid. Just making it up.

[g0dkarma1]

You are so versatile! Great tune. Good to see the Ohana again. I like the way it shines in the light.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

The Ohana felt great to play in this song.

[deach69]

That was great Ken!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks you for your support Deach.

[russbuss415]

you do blues so well. fantastic job Ken!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Russ.

[Dominatoruke]

Nice work Ken. Great blues number.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

The original song wasn't really blues. The chord sequence seems to work quite well though.