Ukulele Player Sings ‘One Day’ and Jams with Matisyahu without Realizing it was Him

A Hawaiian coffee shop singer was performing Matisyahu’s One Day, and didn’t realize that the artist who wrote it was literally standing in front of him, singing along to the song.

Jamming with your favorite artist is a dream come true. But when Clint Alama picked up his ukulele and decided to sing Matisyahu’s anthem One Day, he didn’t realize that Matisyahu himself was there jamming along to it.

Clint Alama, a ukulele street performer, was at a coffee shop in Maui a few weeks ago. He was just trying to get his jam on, when a tall dude in ragged clothes started singing along to the song he played. The two guys were jamming along to One Day written and recorded by reggae artist Matisyahu. When Clint finished playing the song, the tall dude gave some love to him and said he had a “beautiful voice”, before revealing who he really was.

The moment when Alama realized that Matisyahu was the person jamming with him was caught on camera. Matisyahu's bass player, producer and musical director Stu Brooks caught the whole thing and posted it on Facebook.

Some 10 days later, just a few hours before today, Matisyahu worked to secure Alama's travel to Los Angeles for a surprise appearance. After gaining permission from Alama's probation officer and local judge -- the 27-year old ukulele singer had recently violated probation after convictions for assault and other charges, Matisyahu was able to fly him to L.A. in time for his set opening for 311.

Alama and Matisyahu once again jammed together, but this time to a crowd in the Hollywood Palladium. With his ukulele in hand, Alama traded One Day verses with the reggae singer, who later segued into Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry.

Matisyahu later joined 311 for a cover of The Cure’s Love Song, which the rap-rock-reggae band famously covered in 2004.

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