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All CDs on this page are produced by Hobemian Records. If you are an ardent collector, you may be able to find Del's first album—Cafe Society (1985)— on Kicking Mule Records. Del Rey's album Chartreuse (1991) is out of print. We also carry Homespun's DVDs of Del teaching guitar "Boogie Woogie Guitar" and ukulele "Blue Uke".

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At The Ukeshack #2: Blue Uke 2008 Del Rey plays ukulele and sings with Steve James (bottleneck guitar), Matt Weiner (bass), Craig Flory (clarinet), Hans Teuber (clarinet), Jo Miller (guitar/vox), Dom Turner (guitar) and Lani Kurnik (guitar)

1Tennessee Local 2 Suitcase Breakdown 3 High Society 4Thank You Bird 5 Up The Country 6 New Oldtime Hula Blues 7 Oh Lizzie 8 Keep It Clean 9 Land of Calypso 10 You Run and Tell 11 Sideman

$16 CD cardboard 2-fold cover

Fingerstyle Ukulele
Taught by Del Rey
70 minute DVD Level 3 2007
Tuning her uke to open C (G-C-E-A), she starts off with blues scales and right hand exercises to coordinate your picking and fretting hands. Then it’s right into five fabulous pieces in a variety of keys: Goin' Up The Country (Barbeque Bob), Run and Tell Your Daddy, Lord and Keep It Clean (Charlie Jordan), Dance Hall Shuffle (Clifford Hayes) and Brown's Blues (Matt Weiner).
Extra! Del performs four songs with guitarist Steve James, along with invaluable insights into strings, picks and ukes in general.

$30 DVD

At The Ukeshack #1 2007 Del Rey and Matt Weiner. Ukulele and bass duets. Original and traditional jazz instrumentals-for four strings only!

1. Clockin The Vic 2.Orange Blossom Honey From Sorrento 3.Hollywood's Emerald City Bull Fiddle 4.Brazilian Tune 5.Genuine Besmo 6.Brown's Blues 7.Pixie Trance 8. Mildred Shuffle 9. Doin' The Frog10.Gus The Dog11.Dallas Rag 12. Cousin Willy

$16 CD handprinted art case

Get "At The Ukeshack #1 and #2 (almost a box set!) for $25

When The Levee Breaks 2006 Del Rey plays guitar, mostly solo, acoustic and electric. Songs about New Orleans.

1. Poison Ivy 2.‘Till I Give It To You 3.Mississippi River Blues 4.I Was A Little Too Lonely 5.Riot Call Blues 6.It's Human Nature (To Complain) 7. Everybody's Crazy 8. Going Back to New Orleans 9. No Man's Mama 10.Old Rocking Chair 11.When The Levee Breaks

$16 CD jewel case

Boogie Woogie Guitar2005 Homespun DVD featuring five of Del Rey's fingerstyle guitar pieces thoughly explained. 95 minute DVD, includes music and tablature.

Nothing in Rambling, Boogie Mysterioso, Straw Broom Boogie, On the Wall and Boogie Woogie Country Girl. After performing each one, she expertly breaks it down, providing musical analyses of her thumb-and-three finger picking, her chord work and the integration of bass lines into the blues arrangement.

$30 DVD

TONIGHT

2004 Del Rey and Steve James. Duets on guitars, ukulele and mandolin.

1 Nadine (Is It You?) 2 Baltimore 3 Steve and Del's Precious Five 4 Tappin' That Thing 5 Truck Driver's Roll 6 Changette7 I Love My Guitar 8 Alta Vista Serenade 9 Long As I Can See You Smile 10 I Am Sailin' 11Black Stick 12 Josie Bush 13The Real Guitar Rag 14Little Baby

$16 CD cardboard 2-fold cover

SNAP

SHOT

 

SNAPSHOT DEL REY LIVE

2003 Live performances 1990-2002, from California to West Virginia, all live and un-censored!

1 Fatback Louisiana 2 The Evening Mail3 When The Levee Breaks 4 Life Is A Gamble 5 Do The Boogie-Woogie 6 A Dollar Down 7 Smoke A Cigarette First 8 Chauffeur Blues 9 Atheist Blues 10 Can't Get The Stuff No More

$11 CD-R/vinyl soft cover

Why Say No?2003 THE YES YES BOYS Del Rey-ukuleles Craig Flory-sax and clarinet Matt Weiner-bass Mike Daugherty-washboard.

1 Dance Hall Shuffle 2 Uke-a-reno 3 My Four Reasons 4 Troublemaker 5 Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues 6 December Waltz 7 Calypso Be 8 Monday Date: 9 Take Your Tomorrow10 Ready For The River/Rolling Log 11 Old Jim Canan 12 Make It Easy 13 Cold Morning Shout 14 Lulu's Back In Town 15 Goofus 16 Tribute To Roy Smeck 17I Do What I Please18 Downtown Saturday Night

 

$11 CD-R/vinyl soft cover

Twins

2002 With Steve James. Nine "hillbilly smarty-pants" duets on guitar, slide guitar, ukulele and mandolin.

Rocks and Gravel Cold Morning Shout I Don't Want That Junk Ready For The River County Line Road This Is A New World The Guitar Rag Greasy Greens Saturday Night In Jail

$11 CD-R/vinyl soft cover

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X-Rey Guitar
2000. Recorded with a full band on most songs. Ben Smith/Cary Black/Suzy Thompson/Hans Teuber/Orville Johnson/PhilWiggins/Nova Devonie/John Miller

Let Me Sleep A Bungalow in Bangalow Memphis Minnie Let's Go To Town Charleston Mad Avram Is Always Right Chartreuse Space Needle Crazy Blues This Is A New World Only The Blues Balmain To Newtown Sweet To Mama Dress Me On The Wall

$16 CDcardboard 3-fold cover

Hot Sauce
1995. Contains original tunes and great classics. Toe tapping sounds in an environmentally friendly package.

BoogieWoogie Country Girl Hot Sauce Little Dog Blues How Can You Have The Blues? Crazy Crying Blues Montgomery Blues Blue Love Face The Music And Dance Far Away Blues My Baby Just Cares For Me Straw Broom Boogie Saaborama Down The Dirt Road Blues

$11 CD-R/cardboard cover

Boogie Mysterioso
1993. The title track is Del's famous cover of Mary Lou William's quartet. Hot solo guitar work!

Can't Get The Stuff Dad Blues Livin Too Fast I Hate That Train Aetheist Blues Hellhound/Walking After Midnight Boogie Mysterioso Jazzin Babies Blues Livin I Thought About You Ramblin Fool No Mo Freedom/Junco Partner Del's Dozens Devil Call Your Name Lady Behave

$16 CD jewel case

Del Rey biography

Del Rey's appearances

Del Rey current Tour Schedule

E-mail Del Rey

Check out the CDs

Quotes

 

Blog

Women with Guitar

Women in American Music