Audio CD review:
Dan Zanes and Friends - How to Grow a Family Band Gift Set ( with Bonus CD and Music Booklet)

Dan Zanes and Friends - How to Grow a Family Band Gift Set ( with Bonus CD and Music Booklet)

Band: Dan Zanes and Friends Title: How to Grow a Family Band Gift Set ( with Bonus CD and Music Booklet) Rating: Release Date: 2007-06-12 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Polly Wolly Doodle 2: King Kong Kitchie 3: Bushel And A Peck 4: Go Down Emmanuel Road 5: Goodbye Old Paint 6: Father Goose 7: Keep On The Sunnyside 8: Erie Canal 9: Buckeye Jim 10: Brown Girl In The Ring 11: Hello 12: All My Friends Live In The Woods 13: Weather Report 14: Mole In The Ground 15: On The Sunny Side Of The Street 16: Sidewalks Of New York 17: Over The Rainbow 18: Jump Up 19: Rock Island Line 20: Malti 21: The Hokey Pokey 22: Water For The Elephants 23: Linstead Market 24: Fooba Wooba John 25: Wonder Wheel 26: Yo Yo Sweet Yo Yo 27: All Around The Kitchen 28: In The Evening 29: Flowers Of Edinburgh 30: Thrift Shop 31: Skip To My Lou 32: The Good Night Waltz 33: Night Owl 34: Pay Me My Money Down 35: Side By Side 36: Guysborough Railway 37: Que Fortunidad! 38: Evening Time 39: Smile Smile Smile 40: Siyahamba 41: Down By The Riverside 42: Rattlin' Bog 43: Firefly 44: So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh 45: What A Wonderful World 46: Wild Mountain Thyme 47: Leadbelly Songs 48: Linger For Awhile 49: House Party Time 50: Wabash Cannonball 51: Queremos Bailar 52: Hop Up Ladies 53: Washington At Valley Forge 54: Jamaica Farewell 55: Tankoh-Bushi 56: Down In The Valley 57: Waltzing Matilda 58: West Indian Counting Song 59: Sunny Old Sun 60: Tennessee Wig Walk 61: Shining Star 62: How Do You Do? 63: Daniel In The Den 64: Surrounded By Friendship 65: Old Joe Clark 66: Hey Little Red Bird 67: We Shall Not Be Moved 68: A Place For Us 69: Jug Band Music 70: Jim Along Josie 71: Sloop John B. 72: All Around The Kitchen 73: Home In That Rock

An Unexpected Pleasure Dan Zanes says that your voices are enough to start your band and I had not realized how much pleasure performing together in the lounge for just ourselves would be. When I bought this set I seriously doubted that we would ever become a family band, but the children, aged 2,3 & 8 loved the songs so much that they were soon begging for the cobwebs to be dusted off my guitar and making shakers and other instruments for themselves. The songs are quirky and appeal to kids and adults alike and we take the whole set on long journeys, which now constitutes band practice! We could not recommend this more highly to a family of any age. Just urge yourself and any other adults to get over the shyness and worries about lack of talent because your kids won't care. They will be having too much fun. Dan Zanes! Dan Zanes! Oliver loves this music so much that we listen to "Dan Zanes! Dan Zanes!" each afternoon and evening per his request. Seeing and hearing Dan Zanes on Disney Channel with my son, I decided to buy the collection of CDs for my son's second birthday. The variety of music contained on each of the CDs (and across the five CDs in the set) is not only wonderfully entertaining for Oliver, but is a pleasure to listen to as an adult. Full of many classic childrens songs, folk music from America and the West Indies, and a number of great collaborations with artists such as Aimee Mann, Susanne Vega, Lou Reed, and Father Goose, this collection is ALL GOOD. In an age where it seems as though every CD I buy for myself has a "b-side" full of mediocre tracks, these CDs are great start to finish. Not only have they made car trips - short or long - enjoyable, the songs on these CDs will have you and your child dancing "all around the kitchen" (and the rest of the house too)!. You can never have enough Dan Zanes! This collection of music is priceless! Whether you have no clue as to whom Dan Zanes and friends are or have listened to him during his Del Fuegos days. . this is as close to a complete family collection as you'll get. My son had one of the cd's and his dvd before we saw them in concert in June ('07), so for his birthday we got this set. It's amazing! I highly recommend it!. Everybody in the fam will dig this! The kids will bop along, the parents will be happy it's real songs and not more Disney/Nickelodeon crap, and the grandparents won't be disturbed by it when they have to play it over and over for the little ones. This is great music no matter how you look at it. You can see a complete list of all Dan Zanes and Friends discography, or go back to the Dan Zanes and Friends tabs