Jason Ringenberg - Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason
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Artist: Jason RingenbergEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Music Label: Yep Roc Records
Soundtracks:
- Get Up Up Up!
- Guitar Pickin' Chicken
- Whoa There Pony!
- Tractor Goes Chug Chug Chug
- I'm Just an Old Cow
- He's a Hog Hog Hog
- Doggie Dance
- Little Kitty
- Corny Corn
- Hey Little Lamb
- Sundown on the Farm
Music reviews of Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason
Music Review: Parents Could Do a LOT Worse...
Rating: 3 Stars
Whenever a friend of mine hears news that is startling, she yells, "Oh my God! Soylant Green is people!!" Okay, that's an obscure movie reference, but I thought of her when I first played "A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason." Listening for the first time, I figured I was listening to just another corny kids disk. Then, somewhere around track three, I suddenly yelled, "Oh my God! Farmer Jason is Jason Ringenberg!!"
Yup, `Jason' from Jason and the Scorchers has invented a new persona for himself, one that is hoping to anoint the ten-and-under set with an appreciation for roots-based Americana. But where exactly is he aiming? Anybody who ever raised a child knows that there's a world of difference between a four year old and an eight year old, and age ten is already out of bounds for kid's stuff. Left with no clear reference point, how am I to judge this? My own kids are in their teens, so their opinions would be worthless in this particular situation. As far as I know, none of my readers are in the second grade, either, so I guess I ought to review these disks from the parent's perspective, which is a trick when the music is squarely intended for the waist-high, single-digit crowd.
When my own kids were three or four or five, I can remember how they latched onto one specific recording. My oldest listened to Disney recordings for hours at a time, and my youngest listened to Thomas the Tank Engine until I thought my head would explode - the poor kid is fourteen, and he's still waiting for my ex-wife to remove the train stencils from his room. If you're a parent, you could do a LOT worse than Farmer Jason's disks. Ringenberg has an intrinsic grasp of Americana, and he utilizes his knowledge to write a few singalong tunes that kids can latch onto. If they stick, then the most important `grown-up' factor is just how bearable this will be for the parents. Will you find yourself singing along, or will you be smashing your head against a baby blue or pink wall?
To my taste, "A Day at the Farm" is a bit more juvenile than "Rockin' in the Forest." Translated, that means that "A Day at the Farm" was considerably more cringe-worthy. The `farm' tunes are much more suited to pre-schoolers, while the `forest' collection is a bit more tongue-in-cheek. It's sort of like comparing Barney to Bugs Bunny, and as a parent who by necessity is repeatedly subjected to this stuff ad infinitum, I'd choose Bugs every time. "Forest" has songs about a chicken, a pony, a dog, a cow, a cat, a hog, a lamb and a tractor. Hoop-de-woo. "Rockin' In the Forest" stretches the concept a bit, though, and even has moments that make me smile; the guest appearance by Todd Snider is a bit of fun, as is the spot where Farmer Jason has to stop the song because his harmonica was in the wrong key. It is stylistically more diverse, too, as the titles "Ode to a Toad" and "Punk Rock Skunk" suggest.
So, what's a young mom or dad to do? If your kids are four or less, suffer through "A Day at the Farm." Otherwise, let "Rockin' in the Forest" do the trick; you may even find yourself `borrowing' it.
"A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason" B-
"Rockin' in the Forest" B Tom Ryan
Description of Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason
You don't need to know that Jason Ringenberg (former frontman of Jason & the Scorchers) is an alt-country luminary to appreciate his first kids' record, but it helps. For one thing, if you're already familiar with his rodeo-rowdy yelps, they aren't so surprising in a song like "The Guitar Pickin' Chicken," and for another, the obvious enjoyment he takes in recording quacky numbers like "Whooaa There Pony!" and the rootin'-tootin' rocker "He's a Hog Hog Hog" come across as less weird. Anybody new to Ringenberg, though--toddlers, teens, and beyond--can harvest a tractor load of fun here, too. Hitch a ride on the bucking guitars and banjos of Ringenberg and multitalented George Bradfute, and the backporch is left way behind. Part hillbilly hootenanny and part rockabilly rave-up, A Day at the Farm will find Old McDonald hollering "e-i-e-i-o" with envy. --Tammy La GorceGeneral CDs
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