Folk music legend Woody Guthrie was a family man, and this collection of his songs, performed by a cast of outstanding artists, is a warm and hearty celebration of both family and children.
Daddy-O Daddy! is a lovingly created recording featuring plenty of redone and resurrected Guthrie songs, in addition to six previously-unrecorded tunes. Each of the featured artists brings a unique style to the songs. The result is a pleasing mix of folk, reggae, R&B, and more.
Some of our favorites are performed by Taj Mahal, whose gruff, bluesy style shines on "Don't You Put Me Down" and the affectionate "Little Sack O Sugar". The latter is ideal as a loving, giggling, child-in-the-lap song ("little sack of sugar, I could eat you up"). Also notable are two very proud songs about growing up, "Bigger", performed by Kim Wilson, and "Dry Bed" sung by Billy Bragg and the Blokes. Another beautifully proud and powerful song is entitled "My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky)". The poem, "Howdy Little Newlycome", lovingly recited by Woody Guthrie himself, both opens and ends the recording. Other tracks explore the alphabet and counting with fun wordplay.
Families will thoroughly enjoy this powerful collection of songs. Emotional, warm, silly, hearty, earthy--Daddy-O Daddy! has it all.
