
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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