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

Dan Zanes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 5
• Label: Ryko Music Distribution
• ASIN: B000Q7ZMQ4
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,686 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Polly Wolly Doodle

2. King Kong Kitchie

3. Bushel And A Peck

4. Go Down Emmanuel Road

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Jump Up

2. Rock Island Line

3. Malti

4. The Hokey Pokey

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Night Owl

2. Pay Me My Money Down

3. Side By Side

4. Guysborough Railway

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. House Party Time

2. Wabash Cannonball

3. Queremos Bailar

4. Hop Up Ladies

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Jug Band Music

2. Jim Along Josie

3. Sloop John B.

4. All Around The Kitchen

See all 5 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Unexpected Pleasure, July 29, 2008

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Timeflows (Victoria, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Grow a Family Band Gift Set ( with Bonus CD and Music Booklet) (Audio CD)

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.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. 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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dan Zanes! Dan Zanes!, October 30, 2007

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Ryan Jackson (NoVA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Grow a Family Band Gift Set ( with Bonus CD and Music Booklet) (Audio CD)

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. Oliver loves this music so much that we listen to "Dan Zanes! Dan Zanes!" each afternoon and evening per his request. 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)!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can never have enough Dan Zanes!, August 6, 2007

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Rafencat (Parsonsfield, Maine United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Grow a Family Band Gift Set ( with Bonus CD and Music Booklet) (Audio CD)

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!