Credits and Thank Yous
Uke Heads was—and is—a nutty idea. A global ukulele band of perfect strangers singing and playing in harmony? Riiiiight. But we overcame the odds and defied convention! In just ten songs we've become friends and collaborators, pen pals and colleagues. Thank you to everyone who put their hearts and minds into this project. ❤️🧠
Special thanks to my beautiful family, Alder and Anne, for their tireless support and love. Thank you to my parents and my sister for always encouraging the musician in me. Thank you to Chris, my left-hand man, for always being willing. Since we were kids making music in basements and on beaches, I've always known I could count on you to pick up the ball and run with it.
Pictured above is the Uke Heads band! Everyone who played and/or sang on the album. Over 160 strong, they are (from top left, ascending horizontally):
UH2 - Anne Loewen, UH3 - Chantal LeBlanc, UH8 - Michael Wilson, UH12 - Allen Koren, UH29 - Jenny Preece, UH40 - Josh Friedman, UH42 - Elise Tickner, UH48 - Max Hardy, UH52 - Larry Hogue, UH54 - Barry Hill, UH60 - Catherine Gorecki, UH62 - Genevieve Rochette, UH65 - Marnie Cunningham, UH73 - Bryan LaPlante, UH75 - Paul Marshall, UH116 - Kirsten Mitchell, UH120 - Paul Chown, UH141 - Rob Knight, UH144 - Magda Diaz, UH163 - Mary Sapulich, UH170 - Hanno Endres, UH179 - Liz Gosselin, UH183 - Javier de la Sierra, UH193 - Alan Soo, UH207 - Tracy Krulik, UH228 - Matthew Werhner, UH234 - Paul Raines, UH242 - James Hill, UH292 - Belen Doblado Regaño, UH305 - Janet Stritychuk, UH329 - Gavin Brown, UH334 - Steph Payne, UH340 - Zsolt Schafer, UH373 - Donna Wilson, UH400 - Mary Ann Sipher, UH422 - Diana Stephens, UH443 - Amber Rozel, UH450 - Erin Cole, UH458 - Natalie Hill, UH473 - Carter Parsons, UH485 - Gavin Parsons, UH491 - PJ Mulvaney, UH503 - Mariana Winoto, UH512 - Ricarda Hoppe, UH556 - Marianne Brogan, UH569 - Carol Hamrick, UH570 - Liv Henninge, UH572 - Julie Winfield, UH597 - Andrew Stark, UH601 - Robb the Uke Guy, UH608 - Tim Poitevin, UH623 - Nicola Hunt, UH624 - John Romero, UH629 - Tatiana Mynuk, UH633 - Jonathan Miller, UH649 - Stacy Purcell, UH656 - Jacqueline McClaskey, UH692 - Val Schroeder, UH707 - Vicki Richards, UH722 - Jennifer Gorman, UH727 - Catherine Gordon, UH728 - Branden Wermers, UH733 - Wayne Gordon, UH735 - Doug Bovee, UH755 - Eda Reiko, UH762 - Valerie White, UH774 - Alder Hill, UH803 - Akash Prabhu, UH804 - Gerald Cuccio, UH805 - Mary Grace McCaffery, UH808 - Candace Travis, UH812 - Laurie Burton, UH822 - Holly Sentz, UH825 - Jill Fletcher, UH828 - Brigitte Baker, UH829 - Luv Mahtani, UH831 - Linda Macfarlane, UH837 - Kevin Rossi, UH839 - Thomas Preece, UH850 - Mervi Tirkkonen, UH858 - Erel Paz, UH864 - Colleen O'Keefe, UH868 - Steve Kyle, UH869 - Elena Duff, UH876 - Steven Stromquist, UH890 - Anne Ficarra, UH902 - Brad Bordessa, UH903 - Victoria Vox, UH909 - John Atkins, UH927 - Melanie Parker, UH951 - Sayali Tank, UH970 - Heidi Swedberg, UH971 - Daniel Ward, UH980 - Charlie Agee, UH1018 - Christopher Pickslay, UH1023 - Carol Dotson, UH1029 - Silvia Aramayo, UH1051 - Erin Riffel, UH1052 - Takayoshi Shiigi, UH1060 - Sara Mohan, UH1075 - Laura Warren, UH1084 - Hope Tomsky, UH1085 - Geoffrey Matsumoto, UH1092 - Joe Lahey, UH1101 - Sandra Girouard, UH1130 - Jami Morton, UH1182 - Catherine Goykhman, UH1184 - Lori Apthorp, UH1203 - Nicole LeBlanc, UH1223 - Brian Apthorp, UH1229 - Erin Riffel, UH1245 - Carol Bilverstone, UH1268 - Jasmine Fellows, UH1315 - Andy Fryett, UH1319 - Carol Beswick, UH1344 - Sherryl Parsons, UH1369 - Chris Waite, UH1379 - Linda Neel, UH1384 - Chris Parsons, UH1392 - Brian Lin, UH1420 - Camille Breitman, UH1430 - Thomas Stein, UH1438 - Susanna Sandke, UH1441 - Hans Alvebratt, UH1443 - Shauna Laughna, UH1446 - Eliska Kriel, UH1449 - Angela Dwyer, UH1464 - Craig McClelland, UH1479 - Stefan Briel, UH1496 - Debra Sorgman, UH1507 - Bartłomiej Orłowski, UH1511 - Chantelle Riordan, UH1526 - Tom Craig, UH1538 - Adam Sauter, UH1568 - Nanc Allen, UH1581 - Brenda Dobell, UH1584 - Neil Harvey, UH1610 - Joseph Tabeling, UH1649 - Lea Pulizzi-Smith, UH1660 - Anne Davison, UH1661 - Nancy Harrison, UH1675 - Wolfgang Michel, UH1693 - Leslie Gilbert, UH1729 - Lily Wu, UH1751 - Maggie Collins, UH1772 - Lorelei Girouard, UH1779 - Annie Leung, UH1780 - Cynthia Kinnunen, UH1790 - May Mah-Paulson, UH1796 - Angie Ng, UH1800 - Daniel Canelea, UH1807 - Avon Hansen Beadle, UH1808 - Philip Dennis, UH1817 - Jennifer Wilson, UH1823 - Eric Jensen, UH1834 - Sabine Schneider, UH1837 - Barbara Hill, UH1847 - Maureen Tweedly, UH1859 - Alexandra Dittrich, UH1861 - Moses Kamai, UH1867 - Diane Poole, UH1875 - Nicola Hunt 👏👏👏
There were many other Uke Heads who supported the album silently with their love and good vibes. Thank you to all of you:
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