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[quote:b83f76870e][b:b83f76870e]Shimabukuro to open for Jimmy Buffett in 7-show tour[/b:b83f76870e]
At a sold-out Waikiki Shell show in April, singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett invited Hawaii ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro to join him onstage for two encores.
As the crowd cheered after one song, Buffett leaned over to Shimabukuro and said, “Passing the torch, Jake. Now run with it.”
The torch passing between the veteran and the virtuoso continues at warp speed this summer when Shimabukuro, 28, will perform onstage with Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band for seven concerts beginning Tuesday in Bristow, Va., through June 30 in Lakeside, Ohio.
“I’m really excited to have Jake out with us,” Buffett told the Star-Bulletin yesterday in a telephone interview from New York. “He hasn’t any idea what (he’s) about to participate in. It’s going to be really fun, exposing him to a rather large, new possible fan base.”[/quote:b83f76870e]
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