About Play Uke, LLC

PlayUke.net and Play Uke, LLC was founded by two ex-guitar players who fell for the ukulele. Douglas Reynolds started the ball rolling in 2005 after discovering the music of Jake Shimabukuro during his weekly, “have coffee and read their magazines” morning at Borders Books & Music. He bought a few ukes on eBay to get acquainted and fell for the little critters rather quickly.

Being a concert promoter on the side, he booked Jake to play the following summer in Carson City, Nevada and then went to Hawaii and spent an afternoon with Jake’s brother Bruce. This cemented his love for the instrument that continues to this day. Tahoe Area Uke Fest II will take place in March of 2010 and Jake will return, along with another ukulele virtuoso, James Hill of Canada.

Rich Dann volunteered to help with the first Tahoe Area Uke Fest and the two found that they had much in common. Both came from a guitar background. Both spent “way too much” on some nice ukes. And both wanted to do some kind of business revolving around their favorite instrument. So Play Uke, LLC was born. Sales, Lessons, (including Doug’s PSP teaching system), and Live Uke Events were the initial offerings and The Official Ukulele Chord Theory Tutor Gizmo™ from PlayUke.net has just been released.

Stay tuned for more!