Her early influences include ... the Beatles, George Harrison, the Guthries, Theodore Bikel, Tom Rush, John Hurt, Buffy Sainte Marie, Neil Young, Donovan, Mimi Farina, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary, Linda Ronstadt, Jonathan Edwards, Jimmy Cliff, Jonathan Edwards, Anni Clark, Kate Schrock, and Ellis Paul.

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(from WidipediA) - (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. Following the band's demise, Harrison had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys super group where he was known as both Nelson Wilbury and Spike Wilbury. He was also a film producer, with his production company Handmade Films, involving people as diverse as Madonna and the members of Monty Python. From an initial exposure whilst a member of the Beatles, he maintained a high public profile regarding his religious and spiritual life.

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With the release of his third solo album, A Flying Leap, this “imaginative and versatile” 26-year-old virtuoso continues to “tear up the uke” (AcousticGuitar.net). Seven of the album’s ten tracks are genre-bending originals ranging in style from the bluegrass-tinged 'Song for Cheri' to the jazzy 'Fleas My Dog Has' to the remarkable 'One Small Suite for `Ukulele,' an ambitious work in three movements written for `ukulele and string quartet. Displaying a “keen interest in pushing the envelope,” James' “broad musical horizons and crisp, clean playing” prove that “he can play just about anything in any genre” (John Berger, Honolulu Star-Bulletin). A Flying Leap is one part Earl Scruggs, one part Django Reinhardt garnished with a pinch of Don Ho and served with a side of Hendrix.

So how does a kid from Canada become what the Honolulu Star-Bulletin calls a “rare peer” of Hawaii’s premier `ukulelists? Nearly three thousand miles east of Honolulu is James' hometown of Langley, British Columbia, where `ukulele instruction has been mandatory in many schools since the late 1970s and where James was introduced to the `ukulele at the age of nine. To his fourth grade classmates, the `ukulele was a means to an end, a way for them to dip their toes into the vast ocean of music. For James, the uke was a sea of possibilities unto itself and inside its tiny wooden shell he saw his life in music. He was hooked. During his teenage years he honed his skills as a key member of the renowned Langley Ukulele Ensemble under the direction of Peter Luongo. Luongo, an `ukulele educator for over 25 years calls James “unquestionably Canada's finest `ukulele player.”

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Daniel was born and raised in Kaimuki, on the island of Oahu. He discovered his fascination with music at the age of three when his mother taught him Mary Had a Little Lamb on a toy piano. Throughout grade school and intermediate school, Daniel studied the organ, 'ukulele, classical guitar, piano, electric guitar, bass, drums, and voice. As a high school senior, he flew to Michigan to compete in the Young Keyboard Artists Association International Piano Competition before heading off to the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, California. He remembered the experience well, "It was like David and Goliath Ð and I didn't have a slingshot."

At the Grove School of Music, Daniel studied composing, arranging, and film scoring. He began his professional career in 1990 as the leader, keyboardist, producer and composer for the contemporary jazz group, Kilauea. By 1997, they had released six best-selling smooth jazz albums to rave reviews. Two records reached Billboard's top ten, two hit number one on Radio & Record's national airplay charts and all but one placed in the top five.

Daniel has since recorded 18 CDs as a solo artist. Isolating Daniel's musical genre can be quite difficult as he continues to tap into the many facets of his talented background. His portfolio includes smooth jazz, slack key, religious, acoustic alternative, classic and contemporary Hawaiian. He has performed throughout the continental U.S., Tasmania, Australia, Mexico, Japan and Germany as a soloist and tours with Grammy Award winning vocalist, Peabo Bryson, as a keyboardist and guitarist. He was a guest lecturer at Stanford University, and a featured soloist with the Honolulu Symphony. He is a studio musician for the NBC soap opera, Passions, playing piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitars, and bass. In addition to a Grammy, this multi-instrumentalist/composer has received numerous industry honors, including three coveted Na Hoku Hanohano awards.

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Howlin' Hobbit has been playing music and singing since grade school. That was somewhere back in the dark ages.

Howlin' plays a variety of instruments, but his main "axes" are guitar, harmonica, drums and, lately, a lot of ukulele (too much fun in a tiny package).

For many years Howlin' was a busker at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, playing mainly blues on guitar and harmonica. In the summer of 2001 he played washboard with Patsy Fuller, another busker (from the U.K.), and was featured in that capacity (as well as vocals and harmonica) on her CD 'Twixt Pike & Pine.

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In junior high school, I remember music had started to become a serious interest and I got involved in band, glee clubs and organizing musical combos. This continued through high school and college, eventually resulting in a Bachelor of Arts degree in music (choral conducting). This degree plus my relevant experience in music has taught me there is no substitute for organized, effective practice. Combining this with my love of ukulele brought fun to those many practice sessions, so I continue today . . . . having the knowledge, experience and confidence to know how to impart knowledge relevant to technique, practice and having fun.

The threat of being drafted put a crimp in my budding musical career so I joined the Air Force, decided I loved it and turned aviation into an alternate career. But what I did had such a significant, relevant impact to my musical development. Flying airplanes requires a very disciplined training and operational approach. Added to decades of experience as a trainer, this provided me an outstanding facility for teaching music.

After retirement from the Air National Guard, I recorded a ukulele CD (Eminent Ukulele) and shared publication of a Hawaiian songbook (He Mele Aloha) as one of four authors. I’ve also shared inception of a non-profit organization, Pacific Music Foundation, whose mission statement is to facilitate music that SOOTHES. I’m concurrently involved in recording two more CDs, one vocal ensemble and the other instrumental ----- of course, ukulele.

Years of musical experiences teaching and playing throughout the world have consistently shown me what I most enjoy about music and ukulele is being a part of music’s creative process. That’s the fun part and I have a notion that is the fun part for you as well. The process massages the soul. I am familiar with using the ukulele and other musical outlets to facilitate this process for you and am anxious to share.

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