
THIS CAPITAL UKULELE IS * 21 INCH LONG * 6 1/4 INCH WIDE * 2 1/4 INCH DEEP * GREAT CONDITION * PLAYS GOOD *
INCLUDES THE PICTURE OF ME IN THE AD HOLDING THE CAPITAL UKE * 8 X 10 GLOSSY *
MY GOOD FRIEND " RONNIE VANZANT " ORIGINAL SONG WRITER AND VOCALIST FOR THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND TILL THE PLANE CRASH IN 1977 " OF WHOM I WAS EMPLOYED FOR 33 YEARS. TOLD ME HE WANTED TO COME BACK TO HAWAII AND GET HIMSELF ONE OF THOSE LITTLE UKELELES SO HE COULD EASILY CARRY IT TO THE BEACH, PUT HIS FEET IN THE SAND , AN WRITE HIM A COUNTRY RECORD. WE SPENT ALOT OF TIME IN HAWAII AND I JUST STARTED COLLECTING UKELELES IN 1976 . THEY ARE NEAT LITTLE INSTRUMENTS FUN TO PLAY EASY TO STORE OR CARRY AND PRETTY EASY TO LEARN TO PLAY CORDS AND SONGS, ONLY FOUR STRINGS INSTEAD OF SIX.. EASY TO TUNE TOO ... YOU KNOW ... MY - DOG - HAS - FLIES !!!!
BEING AUCTIONED BY The third roadie ever hired to work for the LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND. Also a survivor of the plane crash October 20,1977 that killed band leader RONNIE VANZANT, STEVE GAINES, his sister CASSIE GAINES and assistant road manager DEAN KILPATRICK. Dean was the fourth roadie ever hired. Worked for members of LYNYRD SKYNYRD since 1973, during that time I have held just about every job title one can hold while working for a rock band. At the time of the airplane crash was LYNYRD SKYNYRDÕs Guitar Tech, doing all the maintenance on all the Guitars belonging to Guitarist ALLEN COLLINS Ð GARY ROSSINGTON Ð STEVE GAINES Ð and Bass Guitarist LEON WILKESON on the road and in the recording studio.