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Zanes performs a duet with Deborah Harry (from Blondie) on the classic folk song "Waltzing Matilda." Even though the lyric to this tune revolves around stealing, a near arrest, and an implied suicide, listeners have long embraced the silliness ... Full Descriptionof these lyrics about a swagman (roving farmhand) and a jumbuck (sheep). Another 19th-century tramp song, "Wabash Cannonball," is performed here by Zanes and Grateful Dead singer Bob Weir. The words to this piece recount the mythical transcontinental train known as the Wabash Cannonball. This hobo classic is given an upbeat bluegrass treatment and Zanes and Weir really invoke the mystique of the lone boxcar drifter.
Like other Dan Zanes and Friends albums, the recently Grammy nominated House Party was made in Dan's home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, where people regularly drop in, tune up, and head down to the basement to record.It was meant to be completed during a January-February break in touring, but winter became spring, the friends kept showing up, and the tape kept rolling. The outcome is an hour-long, 20-song tribute to communal music-making and the most sonically diverse example yet of what the Village Voice has called "Basement Tapes for kids."Dan and Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir reinterpret the railroad classic "Wabash Cannonball"Angelique Kidjo sings a favorite from her childhood, the Harry Belafonte hit "Jamaica Farewell"English folksinger David Jones updates the music hall tune, "How Do You Do?" Debbie Harry joins a fiddle-filled version of the Australian standard "Waltzing Matilda"Philip Glass plays a portable Billhorn Brothers pump organ on the six-minute original "A Place for Us."In addition to playing in the live band, several longtime friends are in the mix.Barbara Brousal's "Queremos Bailar" is a spirited, Spanish-language call todancing.Cynthia Hopkins, also of the group Gloria Deluxe, leads her accordion-laced "Surrounded by Friendship," and upright bass player Yoshi Waki brings in the Japanese coal miner tune "Tankoh-Bushi."Rankin' Don (a.k.a. Father Goose), Donald Saaf and the RubàTheater Company all make triumphant returns.Once the lead singer of roots rock band The Del Fuegos, Dan has found his calling creating truly age-desegregated 21st century folk music.Since he founded Festival Five Records in 1999, the label has released one highly acclaimed, handmade recording each year. The first was the groundbreaking Rocket Ship Beach (2000), followed by Family Dance (2001) and, most recently, Night Time! (2002).The albums feature a broad range of collaborators-from Sheryl Crow to Lou Reed, Aimee Mann to Sandra Bernhard, Loudon Wainwright III to John Doe-and rank among the top-selling family music CDs.
Best known as the front man for the rock group the Del Fuegos, Dan Zanes turns to children's music on HOUSE PARTY. Quite simply, this is warm and fuzzy American roots music. Most of the tunes on this album are cute ditties that draw from country, folk, and bluegrass. Use of mandolin, acoustic guitars, fiddles, and accordion give this recording a rustic feel and Zanes's many special guests add charm to this already inviting disc.
Personnel includes: Dan Zane (vocals, guitar); Philip Glass, Deborah Harry, David Jones, Angelique Kidjo, Bob Weir, The Rubi Theater Company, Barbara Brousal, Rankin' Don.
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Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy the music! Feel free to e-mail me at jimharmon123@yahoo.com with any questions, comments or bookings etc.*To download single songs, please go to the Apple iTunes link below on the left: (To download the entire 16 song CD, you can save $1.00 more here as a MP3 download for $8.98)Here are a few reviews from some folks I have never met:(Thank you so much reviewers! Your heartfelt words have been so encouraging for me to keep on creating more music. I appreciate them very much!)iTunes review: Jim Harmon has a wonderful, sensitive, caring voice. His songs are well done and refreshingly beautiful. I discovered his albums through iTunes and have thoroughly enjoyed every single song! Several I play again and again.This album includes more songs then his other album but I'd buy more and more from him anytime! What a pleasure. By DebiSPHere is a CDbaby review from my "A Matter of Time" CD:(The album has these same songs but without "Happy Birthday and "You Are So Beautiful")author: S. RodgersThis is the best lullaby cd ever! I've listened to COUNTLESS hours of other lullaby cd's and samples, and this wins by a landslide! Jim Harmon has a soft, warm, soothing voice that sets a rhythmic, relaxing mood...just what we need when my son is ready to cuddle up at nap/bed ...
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