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Father Goose - It's a Bam Bam Diddly
CD DetailsArtist: Father Goose Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2007-10-23 Music Label: Festival Five Rec. Soundtracks: - Bam Bam - Coolie Ranx, Father Goose
- Flying Machine - Sheryl Crow, Father Goose, Dan Zanes
- Long Time Gal - Aggie, Father Goose, Judy Murray
- Sly Mongoose - Father Goose, Sister Carol
- Come Down the Line - Janet Alleyne, Tricia Alleyne, Father Goose
- Jane and Louisa - Aggie, Father Goose, Cherise King, Judy Murray
- Jig Jog Gee - Father Goose, Screechy Dan, Dan Zanes
- Panama - Barbara Brousal, Father Goose, Gaston Jean-Baptiste
- Gypsy in the Moonlight - Father Goose, Screechy Dan
- By and By - Father Goose, Cherise King
- Music Man - Danger D, Father Goose
- Chi Chi Buddo - Father Goose, Ansel Meditation, Shiz, Wayne Smith
- Rambling Gibberish - Father Goose, Astrid Lewis Reedy
- Island in the Sun - Father Goose, Dan Zanes
- Nah Eat No Fish - Aggie, Father Goose, Judy Murray
- Mary Ann - Father Goose, Ansel Meditation
- Reminisce - Father Goose
Music reviews of It's a Bam Bam DiddlyMusic Review: Verdict still out Rating: 3 StarsMy 2.5 and 15 mos old aren't into this CD yet, but I need to keep trying. I think in time it will be more liked.
Description of It's a Bam Bam DiddlyThere is no shortage of love among parents and 4-year-olds for Dan Zanes, and rightfully so. On the strength of five brilliant family albums, he and his ragtag posse got the multitudes in on an intergenerational groove so powerful it jolted kids' music out of a long and boring slumber--if anybody deserves credit for redefining the parameters of a genre doomed to rot in dullsville, he's the guy. But as gifted a musician as Zanes is--songs like "Firefly," off 2002's Nighttime, prove it so mightily you wish somebody would get around to naming him the Godfather of Meaningful Kids' Music--those who've been along for the ride since the first CD, Rocketship Beach, know it's often not Zanes' solo tracks but the ones he hands over to friends that end up on repeat. Regulars like Barbara Brousal, Cynthia Hopkins, and, yes, Father Goose, aka Rankin' Don, have made some of the best and most memorable Zanes tracks--no small thing when you consider that Bob Weir, Deborah Harry, Suzanne Vega, and other luminaries have also been guests. In a world better attuned to the greatness of the Zanes gang, then It's a Bam Bam Diddly would have come out a long time ago; Father Goose does his dancehall thing to exhilarating effect (try listening to "Chi Chi Buddo" and "Come Down the Line" without spontaneously twirling and swaying--pretty hard), and he steps out of the hall long enough to re-route his nonstop energy into soul ("By and By," with the masterful Cherise King), spunky throwback pop ("Flying Machine" with Zanes and Sheryl Crow), and traditional Caribbean folk ("Long Time Gal" and "Nah Eat No Fish" with Judith Murray and Aggie). Front and center, Papa Goose gives up the gruff stuff skillfully as ever. This is a disc destined to stay lodged in the station wagon CD player for months to come, and one of the finest in the Zanes & friends treasury. --Tammy La Gorce More from Dan Zanes  Catch That Train! |  House Party |  Family Dance |  Rocket Ship Beach |  Night Time |  Sea Music |
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