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Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt

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How excited I was to find a Waylon for kids! We have a local celebration each year called Frontier Days, and I have dancers that perform. It has been a very long time since finding new music geared to kids for the Western Theme, and there are some delightful songs on this CD!

Here, Waylon shows that he understands how kids think better than most adults. You can ignore the EW comment that it is 'politically incorrect'. There's nothing racist or sexist or anything like that to worry about. They probably wrote that because this CD is more for boys than girls. This is a great CD for kids.

My two children and I have heard this Waylon CD many times and they just love it. I think it is great as well. Waylon wrote every song on this CD and he really knows how to connect with the youngsters. As far as Entertainment Weekly saying it was politically incorrect, well... It's great!! Dave in Minnesota

After two years of regularly listening to this CD in the car on the way to eveerywhere it remains a favorite. I can only say that about Penner and Raffi. Everyone else has fallen by the wayside.

Even I do not tire of these songs.

Wee Shooter Jennings Sings on it as just a lad!!! Go get 'em Shooter!

During my time working on a children's radio show, this was one of our favorite albums to play songs from. Waylong Jennings is a huge part of our American culutre (I mean, the guy worked with Buddy Holly and wrote the theme song of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD) and this album illustrates why. Children are extremely keen and intelligent and as a society we really don't give them that credit. We often assume that kids don't know what they are talking about and if you take time to try to explain something to them, you're wasting your time because they won't understand anyway. Thus, a lot of music that is labeled "children's music" is just a bunch of mindless garbage. The best artists in children's music know that kids are smart and remember what it was like to be "little". Their songs don't talk down to kids, but give them a boost instead. Waylon Jennings is such an artist. Whether he's singing about growing up, sisters, or dirt he fuels the imagination with inspiration and memory. Many of the songs are fun to sing along with. Most kids will enjoy singing about dirt, brothers will really like singing about how all their sisters are girls, and even adults can relate to a bad day. A wonderful treasure for the whole family.