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If UK music tastemaker mags like Vox, Select and NME were high on your list of essential reading in the 1990s then you will be pleased to learn that Jesus Jones are heading to Sydney to play their groundbreaking record Doubt.

They were part of the 90s’ grebo scene (a scene that re-dated brit-pop and one that was typified by a blend of indie rock, hip-hop and electronica, and stylisti-cally by dreadlocks, fluro and baggy trousers ) that also included the likes of Pop Will Eat Itself, EMF, The Shamen, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine and Neds Atomic Dustbin. Jesus Jones have long been considered one of the breakout indie bands of the mid-90s thanks to such mammoth hits as Right Here, Right Now, Real Real Real and International Bright Young Thing.

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“It’s a really social instrument. . . you don’t have to be a musician to play the thing.”

If ever there was an instrument that had been consistently denied its dues, it would be the ukulele. This little, unas-suming instrument has largely been relegated to the realm of the novel or kitsch in popular music, thanks to the likes of

Tiny Tim.However, the “little instrument that

could” has undergone a bit of a resur-gence in recent years, with community ukulele groups popping up all over the shop and the likes of Eddie Vedder realis-ing the instrument’s potential.

There is one man, though, whose passion for and ability on the ukulele is dragging the instrument out of the novelty song doldrums and making people finally sit up and take the instru-ment seriously, and that man is Hawaiian virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.

In the country for the Byron Bay Bluesfest in April, Shimabukuro has been credited as almost single-handedly redefining the instrument, drawing comparisons to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis.

He will be making a welcome return to Lizotte’s next month; a proposition the affable Hawaiian told TE he couldn’t wait to sink his teeth into.

“That place, aside from being an amaz-ing place to play, has such amazing food; I think I put on about ten pounds the last time I was there,” he laughed.

“I just love Australia, though, because it has a very similar laidback island lifestyle that I am so familiar with, coming from Hawaii. I wasn’t able to get down there last year so, I can’t wait to get back.”

Shimabukuro has been quite well known in his native Hawaii, and to those in the know, since releasing his debut album, Sunday Morning, in 2002, after some healthy You Tube traffic (check out the video of his rendition of the George Harrison/Beatles classic While My Guitar Gently Weeps which has had more than 13 million views).

He hit the stratosphere with his ninth album, Peace, Love, Ukulele, taking the number-one spot on the Billboard charts, causing Pearl Jam frontman Vedder to proclaim that “Jake is taking the instru-ment to a place that I can’t see anybody

else catching up with him”. High praise indeed.

But it seems Shimabukuro has taken his unassuming instrument to yet another level with his latest album, Grand Ukulele. Not only did he manage to enlist the help of production guru Alan Parsons - the man behind the desks during Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon sessions - for the album, he managed to teach the uber producer a thing or two as well.

“Working with Alan was just phenom-enal,” he said.

“He’s just got so many brilliant ideas for arrangements and, basically, the way he arranged the mics in the studio, it was the first time that I felt the mics capturing what I hear when I play.

“Also, it was the first time Alan had ever recorded a ukulele, if you can believe that, so it was a bit of a learning curve for him as well.”

Despite having collaborated with Parsons and other musical heavyweights such as Jimmy Buffett, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Bette Midler, Yo-Yo Ma, Levon Helm and Les Paul, Shimabukuro said one of his greatest musical highlights had a decidedly Australian bent.

“Obviously performing with people like Yo-Yo Ma is just a phenomenal experience and one that I will definitely remember forever, but one of my favour-ites will always be Tommy Emmanuel,” he said.

“Tommy and I toured all over Europe, the US and Japan together and we had such a great time. He is such a brilliant guitar player and just being able to watch his technique was a real honour.”

Shimabukuro, who was given his first ukulele at four, said he thought the reason the ukulele was becoming popu-lar was because of the democratic nature of the instrument.

“There are no egos with the ukulele,” he said. “It’s a really social instrument and I think that it’s great because you don’t really have to be a musician to play the thing. It’s such a simple instrument to play I think that people aren’t as intimi-dated to approach it as they might be with a guitar or a piano.

“There is just something about the sound a ukulele produces that just grabs you right away and makes you smile.”

Catch Jake Shimabukuro at Lizotte’s on Sunday, April 5.

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Chris Phillips is a spirited young performer who has been playing the Newcastle music scene as a solo performer for the past two years.

He is known especially for his versatile and rich vocals and the contagious enthusiasm that he brings to all his work on stage.

Phillips has what it takes to engage even the most gig-weary crowd.

From upbeat soul-filled songs that will keep you dancing to leisurely background tunes, Chris always plays to the moment.

Think the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones, Mumford and Sons, Bill With-ers, Ed Sheeran, Sneaky Sound System and Joni Mitchell, and it becomes pretty much a freekick that this guy isn’t afraid to run the musical gamut of many different eras and styles.

For the past two years he has been honing these skills during his Bachelor of Music at the Newcastle Conservatorium.

He is majoring in performance studies, which he will complete this year.

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When it comes to coun-try music icons, but also names that are entwined within the fabric of Australian

popular culture, you would be hard-pressed to find someone as qualified as Chad Morgan.

Since hitting the airwaves as an eventual finalist on the radio talent quest Australia’s Amateur Hour with his signature tune The Sheik of Scrubby Creek in 1952, Morgan has been trailblazing his way around Australia with his unique and endearing blend of vaudeville-inspired country (thanks in no small part to those trademark teeth) and true Australian strorytelling in the vein of the great bush balladeers such as Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson.

One of the original Australian country music pioneers, Morgan was dubbed the “clown prince of comedy” by Slim Dusty.

And at 82 years of age, Morgan is show-ing no signs of slowing down, as Hunter fans will discover when he hits the region next week for two special shows.

He will be playing at Windale Gateshead Bowling Club (which fittingly sits on the banks of our own Scrubby Creek) before heading up to Cessnock to perform at the unveiling of the Reg Lindsay memorial statue at East Cessnock Bowling Club.

“It’s just great to be heading up your way,” Morgan told TE.

“I think it was around 2000 the last time I was in Windale, it’s a great little club and, of course, right near Scrubby Creek.

“Also, being able to take part in celebrating Reg Lindsay is a big honour for me. He was a great mate of mine for a lot of years and a true Australian country music pioneer.”

Morgan, who has released more than 40 albums, said it was the fans who have kept him so passionate about writing and performing after all these years.

“My fans are just such nice people and it’s always great to be able to get out there and meet them in person, so that’s definitely why I keep doing it. Also, it’s one of the greatest things in the world to see generations of fans coming through, people asking for a photo with me because their grandparents had one taken with

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me years ago, and singing along to all the songs with me. It’s just great.

“Basically because I’ve been doing this for so many years now, Australia has become a bit like my backyard and I love spending time in the backyard.”

Catch Chad Morgan at the Windale Gateshead Bowling Club on Satur-day, March 7, and at the unveiling of the Reg Lindsay memorial at EastCessnock Bowling Club on Sunday, March 8.

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While Saturday’s local derby against the Central Coast Mariners failed to match the intensity of pre-game jibes and sledges, Jets fans

can take heart from the team’s second clean sheet of the season in the 0-0 draw.

A controversial decision from referee Adam Fielding denied the Jets a goal in the first half.

A shot from Mitchell Cooper on the edge of the box cannoned into the crossbar and bounced down in the vicinity of the goal-line

with the home side claiming a goal.But Fielding said the ball had not crossed the

line, with TV replays unable to provide defini-tive proof either way.

Jets coach Phil Stubbins did not criticise the decision and said it was a continuation of the unlucky nature of the team’s play this season.

“It hasn’t been a season where things have gone our way or fell in our laps,” he said.

“But we just keep going. To create luck we need to keep working very hard. And cultur-ally we’re good as a group.”

Stubbins went on to say Cooper had been im-pressive for the home side.

“Before the game, what we expected and wanted from young Mitchell Cooper was ex-actly what we required. He got himself three strikes at goal,” he said.

The coach also highlighted the effort from new Serbian signing Enver Alivodic.

“From a guy who came here from minus-10 or so degrees, he’s obviously not got the fitness we want . . . you look at [Lee] Ki-Je he was ex-ceptional for me and if we can get Enver any-where near the physical state of Ki-Je in such a short period of time he’ll be an asset for us,” Stubbins said.

The Jets are in action at home again this week

when they take on Sydney FC on Friday night at Hunter Stadium. Kick-off is at 7.40pm.

Sydney FC head into the match on the back of a free-flowing 4-3 win over the Western Syd-ney Wanderers last weekend in which they came back from 3-0 down to break the Wan-derers' hearts.

A-League ladder: Perth Glory 36pts (+8 goal difference), Melbourne Victory 33pts (+15), Ad-elaide United 33pts (+13), Wellington Phoenix 33pts (+12), Sydney FC 32pts (+9), Melbourne City 24pts (-4), Brisbane Roar 22pts (-1), Central Coast Mariners 16pts (-16), Newcastle Jets 11pts (-24), Western Sydney Wanderers 8pts (-12).

So near yet so far Newcastle Jets players unite before the kick-off of their 0-0 draw with Central Coast Mariners in Newcastle last weekend

PAUL MONFORTE

Knights captain Kurt Gidley has wel-comed a rare injury-free preparation ahead of the opening match of the NRL season against the Warriors at Hunter Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Having made his debut in 2001, Gid-ley said he had experienced plenty of gruelling pre-seasons but this year’s had been one of the best for him per-sonally.

“I’ve probably missed the last few in previous years due to different op-erations at the end of the year,” Gidley said.

“This year I was back day one in No-vember and have basically trained all but a week throughout and am feeling really good and ready to go.”

Gidley said there was a sense of ex-citement around the club after the long

off-season under returning coach Rick Stone (pictured at right).

“Everyone is pretty excited, having our first game at home is always excit-ing for all the boys and our fans,” he said.

“Stoney is a local fella who grew up around the area, so I think all our fans can understand where he’s come from. He’s right across our junior system and even the guys in local league.”

Winger Akuila Uate, who scored three tries in the recent trial win over the Canberra Raiders, said he was feeling fit after a knee injury hampered him in the latter part of 2014.

“The trial was a good hit out and I ac-tually couldn’t believe that I played 80 minutes, but I felt good afterwards,” Uate said.

Knights assistant coach Danny Buder-us said the strong and aggressive War-riors side would be a significant test.

“The Warriors’ trial form has been great and they play a really good brand of footy,” he said.

“They are big and it will be a really good test to see all the hard work eve-ryone’s put in during the pre-season.

The Warriors are expected to start the match as slight favourites.

New Zealand international stars Shaun Johnson, Manu Vatuvei and Si-mon Mannering will be joined this sea-son by the experienced Ryan Hoffman from the Melbourne Storm.

The match will kick-off at 4.30pm. Gates will open at 11.45am with the un-der-20s clash at midday and NSW Cup match at 2.10pm.

Fully-fi t Gidley all geared up for NRL home start