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The Beatles get uked

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Have you been in contact with anyone close to the surviving Beatles?

"We have not been in touch with anyone close to The Beatles yet. Sean Lennon is in our social circle, and we hope to get him to do a track. That will probably make Yoko slightly less likely to sue us or have us shot.

"In all seriousness, we will contact them soon, and fully expect their blessing as long as The Beatles/Apple are OK with the ukulele-based charities we contribute to (such as Girls Inc in Omaha, Nebraska). If Warren Buffett doesn't mind supporting us, we can't see why the much poorer Beatles won't either."

Why the ukulele?

"The Beatles are a very uke-centric organization. Lennon's mother Julia played uke, John started out playing on uke, and all of his non-piano songs sound fantastic and are easy to play on ukulele.

"George Harrison became devoted to uke later in his life: when he flew he would bring two ukes as his carry-on baggage, in case he met someone who he could play along with on the flight. Paul McCartney now plays Something on uke live as his tribute to George.

Paul mccartney playing something on the ukulele

"But, finally, the whole enterprise is silly in the extreme. Investors in Monty Python are unlikely to suffer from a Sense Of Humour Failure."

MusicRadar is smiling already. Meanwhile, Greenawalt and Barratt are already anticipating the eventual release of The Beatles' long-hidden rarity, Carnival Of Light. Paul McCartney reckons it might be out in 2009. Greenawalt is ready:

"Dave has already produced a fantastic version of Revolution 9, that I have added uke to. I can't believe Carnival Of Light is any more difficult or abstract than that? Do you know where we get a copy…. somebody must have it?"

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Though it could be hard to beat the current uke Queen, Julia Nunes.

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