
Arthur Nakane, a one-man-band  performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday,  January 3, 2010. Nakane has been performing as a solo act for 33 years. He can  perform up to seven instruments at one time; an electric guitar, he has a drum  machine for drum beat affects, plays keyboards with the tip of his guitar, plays  the harmonica and the electric kazoo, shakes the tambourine and maracas, strikes  symbols and sings duets by himself with on-the-spot recording.
 
  
  
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