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1. Side A :

2. Cause We've Ended As Lovers

3. Rollin' N Tumblin'

4. Need Your Love So Bad

5. Kula Blues

7. Side B:

8. Whiter Shade of Pale

9. Still Got the Blues

10. Rockin' in the Free World

11. Songbird

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Since gaining prominence in the early 2000's, ukulele marvel Jake Shimabukuro has mesmerizedaudiences with his innovative and dynamic style, taking the instrument to dizzying new heights. Over adozen solo albums, Shimabukuro has shown a knack for moving effortlessly between genres, sometimesin the same song.For his brand-new project Blues Experience, Shimabukuro joins forces with his friend, drumming legendand founding member of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, to create a fresh new take on the Blues. "I'vealways wanted to do a Blues album and when Mick and I started talking about working together, Ithought who better to work with than Mick Fleetwood?" The result is something exhilarating andunique, as these two titans of their instruments reinterpret some of the greatest songs written by someof their favorite songwriters in a Blues setting.After being taught the instrument by his mother at age four, Jake became a local phenom. Early in hissolo career he became a YouTube sensation when his cover of George Harrison's "While My GuitarGently Weeps" went viral. Since then, Jake has gone on to play the world's most venerable venues, fromThe Hollywood Bowl to Lincoln Center to the Sydney Opera House and The N.O. Jazz Fests andcollaborated with some of the world's greatest musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma, Bela Fleck and TheFlecktones, Jimmy Buffett, Jack Johnson, Bette Midler, Ziggy Marley, Sonny Landreth, Billy Strings, Lukas& Willie Nelson and Warren Haynes. Shimabukuro has also won his share of awards and, just a few yearsago he was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a Member for the National Council on theArts.

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