Author Archives: Sage Harrington

Dream a Little Dream of Me: I wonder, have I stayed away from recording this song because Ella Fitzgerald sang it so well? I know her version best but the sweetest Doris Day is also among the many many singers of this song from 1931. In the spirit of honesty I’ll also claim that I […]

Farewell Angelina – a song written by Bob Dylan and covered by many greats including Joan Baez, but here my inspiration comes mainly from Danú’s version. I love Muireann Nic Amhloaibh’s singing. -s

The Puppy Song! I know this Harry Nilsson tune best from the hit 1998 internet-powered Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan charm fest that Nora Ephron directed: You’ve Got Mail. There are some great tunes on that soundtrack. Perhaps a cover album of the movie soundtrack is in order (do people do that?!) Oh how I […]

Hi, hello, as you probably noticed I took last week off from making a video and I missed it so much! I a happy to be back today with another original tune. The tune is original but the words are yet again Sara Teasdale’s.  Part of what has been keeping me busy is that I […]

I love this song. I almost associate the Allison Krauss and Union Station cover with this song more than I do the White Album version. Both versions, I think, will forever be on my comforting nostalgic childhood soundtrack. Along with Paul Simon’s Graceland and Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book, there is the White Album and a […]

Recently I arranged Beautiful Dreamer, a song that is over 150 years old, for ukulele. Stephen Foster wrote it – the sheet music was published posthumously and sold as the last song he ever wrote. But I don’t have anything else to say about that right now, because: What is the deal with the mockery […]

The Magic Ukulele Waltz by Roy Smeck, the wizard of the strings! This song was written in the 30s, I think, although my internet searches are coming up a bit muddled at the moment and I can’t be quite sure so don’t quote me on it 😉 I’ve had this one in my repertoire for […]

A song by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley. I learned this because Nellie McKay played it on her 1960s cover songs album. When I do these videos I want there to be something extra special about them and usually for me that means learning a new technique or a new chord melody arrangement on the […]

For those of you who learn well through observation, here is a tutorial of a sort. More of a playthrough, actually. A few years back I scoured the web for every ukulele version of blackbird I could find and developed this arrangement using my favorite bits from each. FWIW I think this song is a more of a challenge on […]

Paul McCartney is my favorite Beatle. -s