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Daddy-O Daddy! Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie

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It really is as good as the other reviewers say. I got this for the Jimmie Dale Gilmore tune, but I burst out crying with the Syd Straw number. There's a range of styles and emotions, but all of them top-notch.

I'm the produer, so i love it..
Bit I urge you all to listen and dance away ..
These are songs we found in the Smithsonian vaults and
some in shoeboxes in a New York office..
Taj Mahal, Billy Bragg, Cissy Houston, Loe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Kim Wilson, Syd Straw...all do their own take
on some of Woody's best family songs..
review coming soon from Amazon..
LA Times best Christmas Gift List 2001

Six never before released or recorded songs...
Enjoy!

I bought this CD for myself, having heard one of the songs on the radio. I now plan on sending one to each of my three grandchildren. These songs are not only fun, they speak to children and adults alike. It is quite apparent that Woody Guthrie wrote these songs with lots of love, and an understanding of his children's feelings and fears. Taj Mahal and the other artists that perform the songs do a great job. I definitely recommend this one!

Daddy-O Daddy! is an impressive and entertaining collection of fifteen recordings for young listeners composed by the folk music legend Woody Guthrie and performed by a series of outstanding artists. A "must" for all Guthrie fans, as well as highly recommended for children and their families the selection range from Wood Guthrie's performance of Howdy Little Newlycome (2:38), to Kim Wilson's performance of New Baby Train (6:03); to Cissy Houston's Sleep Eye (5:40).

The songs Woody wrote are songs any age can relate to. I'm a great grandmother and I play these songs for my great-grand-children. The songs are songs that all loving parents and grandparents should sing and play for their little ones, when you do the kids know they are special. They are songs that children can dance to in their own style, just as the mood hits them.
I highly recommend Woody's CD. The artists are all professional musicians and they are some of my all-time favorites.
Pib

This is the best CD I've purchased in years, bar none! All of the contributions are brilliant, and the songs are sweet and quirky. Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely do a wonderful job, as do Kim Wilson, Billy Bragg, Taj Mahal, and all the rest. This is just great music, for kids or adults!!

A wonderful CD to introduce to children of all ages!!

Whether you've got a "little newlycome" at home or not, say howdy to this collection of artists performing rare Woody Guthrie songs. My favorites:
"Want to See Me Grow?" -- Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
"My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky)" -- Syd Straw -- this song should be the national anthem for airplane travel!
"Dry Bed" -- Billy Bragg. Too much! A trippy song about potty training.

Get this for all the kids you know.