Back in 2016, Marc Cregeur (of MC & the MIstletoes fame) recorded a video of him singing Winter Wonderland while playing the ukulele. At the end of the video, he threw down the gauntlet, ran his mouth my direction a little bit, and gave me a week to respond (I think it actually took me 10 days though). Thus the annual ukulele Christmas challenge was born. Every year since, around the end of November, we dust off the ol’ four string sound machine and learn a new jingle bell jingle.
Over time, other friends have thrown their skills into the ring and joined us for our annual holiday tradition. This yearly endeavor is so much fun that for the last couple Christmases, I’ve actually contemplated releasing a Lukulele Slim cover album full of carols and snow inspired originals. Here’s the thing though. For someone who’s been playing the ukulele for about a decade now, I actually really suck at this instrument, and I don’t think I could actually pull it off. However, Marc and I have some really talented friends, so this year I threw the challenge out to the ether of social media and asked for the homies and famalam to hop in on the fray.
The result is Yuletide Uke Time, and I’m incredibly excited to share it with you. This album features people I love and adore, folks with whom I go way back, and some new friends who felt like getting in on the fun, all performing songs while playing the ukulele (and, in some cases, other instruments as well).
The project is free, but if you do feel like paying money for it, we will be donating that money to the NCSD Wichita Center. Specifically, this money will go towards their emergency housing fund they have set up for families in need who reside within the North Clackamas School District. For more information, please check out the link below:
bit.ly/2IQ1BsN
Thanks for listening, bumping, downloading, donating, sharing, and supporting. We hope you and yours are staying safe and taking care of yourself, and if you’ve got a little extra to spare, we ask that you consider helping out somebody this Christmas season.
Be easy.
Much love.
Happy Holidays.
Lukulele Slim aka Claud Six aka Mr. Dix aka Lucas Dix
released December 18, 2020
Recorded and performed by each artist listed
Mastered poorly by Lukulele Slim
Front Cover Photo by Hilary and Ed
Back Cover Photo by Lukulele Slim
Album Design by Lukulele Slim (with consultation by Kate Greve)