Call Me Blue - ukulele original

An original song performed by Hal Brolund on his Fred Casey KOA wood ukulele.

Call Me Blue © Hal Brolund

Call me blue, time will pass by
in the hours, in the hours
since you've gone.
I still cry, I don't hold back
in the hours, in the hours
since you've gone.

I pray that the morning light will come early,
I drink till the bourbon takes it's toll,
one more drink and I won't remember,
when my heart had your heart to hold.

Call me blue for one more year
one more lonely night since you've gone
I still cry and I don't hold back
in the hours, in the hours
since you've gone.

I pray that the morning light will come early,
I drink till the bourbon takes it's toll,
one more drink and I won't remember,
when my heart had your heart to hold.

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• uke
• ukulele
• ukelele
• Manitoba
• bourbon

[TeleTubeee]

Hal, were you a guitarist BEFORE playing the uke?

Judging by your strumming / finger picking technique, I get the impression you're treating the uke like a small guitar.

Doug

San Francisco, California USA

[manitobahal]

I was a guitarist for 15yrs before playing the uke.

[TeleTubeee]

Hal, how do you decide whether to perform a song on guitar or uke?

Thanks,

Doug

San Francisco, California USA

[manitobahal]

In this case the song was written for open tuned slide guitar, but when I got into the studio I re-arranged it to use standard tuned guitar. Then I added a uke part (as heard above) and from then on I perform it on the uke mainly and hardly ever on guitar. I think the song dictates but really I just love the sound of a uke and it suits just about everything I've tried so far.

[TeleTubeee]

For me, I believe the simple sound of 4 strings and the higher tone of the uke compliments the human voice very well.

When I hear people using a baritone uke as background, their singing doesn't stand out as it does with a soprano tuned uke,

One of the nicest musical combination is a bass instrument, a vocalist, and an uke. This provides a broad frequency range and sounds nice when all three are doing different things.

Your thoughts, Hal?

Doug

San Francisco, CA

[manitobahal]

Yes Doug it can be nice. I think it depends a great deal on the arrangement though. I do like the addition of a rhythm guitar to hold the middle together but prefer the "swing" style of rhythm strum to the open folky style. That way the uke can remain the ornamentation to the music and the bass and guitar become the rhythm section leaving lots of room for the voice and the uke to shine.

[DeJayS4L]

can u send me the fingerings? somehow?

[seasonfreecom]

awesome!

[UkeeDreamer]

Really great. Great lyrics, great music, great voice, great piece. Thanks Hal.

Loon

[Elbowmarie]

I keep coming back to hear this one.