Lil' Rev || Sitting on Top of the World

My friend Alistair Wood of Ukulele Hunt has made a detailed assessment of Lil' Rev's new book, 101 Licks for the Ukulele. Alistair has written several ukulele books too and always gives a detailed and thorough account of everything he reviews,

http://ukulelehunt.com/2011/02/23/101-ukulele-licks-by-lil-rev-review/

Lil Rev. regularly tours, and is a fantastic multi-instrumentalist, if you can, be sure to take one of Rev's touring classes -- It is a good jumpstart! Or I recommend watching several of his videos on YouTube Channel: lilrevdotcom to get a feel for his style of playing. I have seen LR perform many times and he is quite the entertainer as well as a musical historian. There is something that I feel that Al has missed, and that is, the historical and contextual information that LR shows. He gives many ideas and names of players where these techniques come from and recommend listening to.

I started to become musical with the ukulele when I was about 45 and have spent a lot of time in clubs where basic strumming is the mainstay. This book gives many ideas to start breaking out and implementing a lick/riff and perking up the playing and there are tracks of chord strumming on the CD that allow you a chance to work on the material in the book. Rev recommends implementing a riff or two into your playing, and working from there.

[I should make it clear that this book is GCEA focused but an experienced bari player will quickly realize that licks in C for GCEA are G licks in DGBE.]