DOCUMENTARY - The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/DOCUMENTARY News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) PBS documentary: Meet the rock star of the ukulele http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/56222012-223/shimabukuro-documentary-ukulele-iframe.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/56222012-223/shimabukuro-documentary-ukulele-iframe.html.csp">PBS documentary: Meet the rock star of the ukulele</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56222012#2013-05-08T13:54:54.603-06:00/MAI/sltrib56222012#2013-05-08T13:54:54.603-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Scott D. Pierce</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-08T13:54:54.603-06:00">Updated May 8, 2013 01:54PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">If you have a hard time believing that a ukulele player can be a rock star, then you’ve never heard of Jake Shimabukuro. He was one of the original YouTube sensations. A video of him performing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in Central Park, uploaded in 2006, was viewed millions of times. “At the time, I didn’t even know what YouTube was,” he says in the PBS documentary “Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings.” If you’re thinking of Don Ho and “Tiny Bubbles,” think again. Shimabukuro’s talent is...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56222012@www.sltrib.com Wed, 08 May 2013 13:54:54 MDT