Joe Root is an England cricket player (I'm sure all our Stateside Cafe members know all about the wonderful game of cricket). He is on tour in Sri Lanka at the moment and fills in his spare time by learning to play the - wait for it - ukelele. I am trying to contact him to try to convert him to mandolin! You can listen to his efforts here, and may decide he would be better off with a mandolin. Anyway, he is a jolly fine cricketer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/30393551