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Topic: Neil Armstrong, pilot, astronaut... ukelele player?
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Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 07-18-2011 01:34 PM
   
I saw a photo today in a book in our local library that I have never seen before. Neil Armstrong strumming a ukelele while in the Mobile Quarantine Facility. Didn't realise he was musical? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-18-2011 01:42 PM
Was his musical selection "Fly Me to the Moon"? |
Guillaume
Member Posts: 51
From: Alsace / France
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted 07-18-2011 03:01 PM
You can see him play his instrument for a couple of seconds at the very end of the third episode of When We Left Earth. |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 07-18-2011 03:52 PM
Neil Armstrong was (is) a multi-instrumentalist. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 07-18-2011 03:54 PM
I'm pretty sure I have seen a pic where he was playing a piano roundabout the time of the Apollo 11 mission. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 07-18-2011 04:25 PM
Will go out on a limb and say that Neil toying with that uke had a lot more to do with Hawaii  than his 4-string talent. |
Steve Procter
Member Posts: 1031
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 07-18-2011 05:03 PM
From bits I have read it would seem he used to be (still is?) an accomplished musician. I believe he played the trombone at school as well as the piano. His uke playing is documented above... |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 07-18-2011 05:05 PM
Thing is though, was it his Uke or did he inherit it from Scott Carpenter (who seemed to have this thing for playing "Yellow Bird" according to Wally Schirra. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 07-29-2011 05:57 PM
Armstrong played music in high-school bands. The book "First Man" shows pictures and refers to music several times through the book. |
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