Exclusive: Ukulele Master Jake Shimabukuro Talks Dream Come True Collaboration With Mick Fleetwood on New Blues Album [Video]

Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro’s new collaborative album with Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood, Blues Experience, was released on October 18. The 10-track, mostly instrumental collection features Fleetwood and Shimabukuro teaming on versions of several classic blues songs, a few tunes from the rock world, and one new blues composition.

In a new interview with American Songwriter, Shimabukuro discussed how the project came about. He also dished on the experience of making an album with the beloved Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

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Jake explained that he and Mick first began talking about working on a project together when he went to see Fleetwood Mac perform in Nashville a few years ago and was invited backstage after the show. Plans were solidified about a year or so later, when Fleetwood brought his family to see Shimabukuro play a concert on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where Mick has a home.

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