Go Waggaloo

by Sarah Lee Guthrie

Overview

Like fellow troubadour turned children's music innovator Dan Zanes, singer/songwriter Sarah Lee Guthrie threw her hat into the genre with 2009's Go Waggaloo, a breath of fresh air in a realm that often leaves adults in a wake of simplistic, singsongy distress. While there is some of that here, Guthrie has crafted -- along with a small army of family and friends including her kids, father Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger -- a sweet and whimsical collection of traditional songs and new compositions, three of which ("Bright Clear Day," "Fox and the Goose," and the immensely likable title cut) were written around grandfather Woody Guthrie's lyrics that had yet to be put to music. Guthrie's own compositions, specifically the winning opening number "Don't I Fit in My Daddy's Shoes?" and "Big Square Walkin'," will no doubt please fans and parents who have enjoyed her previous, non-toddler releases, as well as the little ones who could care less that she comes from American folk royalty. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2009
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074506929
Rank:	134331

Tracks

1. Don't I Fit in My Daddy's Shoes?
2. Go Waggaloo
3. Take Me to Show-and-Tell
4. Bright Clear Day
5. 'Cuz We're Cousins
6. Oh How He Lied
7. Big Moon
8. Fox and the Goose
9. If Mama Had Four Hands
10. Big Square Walkin'
11. She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
12. Brush Your Teeth Blues #57
13. Oni's Ponies

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sarah Lee Guthrie   Primary Artist,Guitar,Shaker,Vocals,Autoharp,Melodica,Toy Piano,Tambourine,Fender Rhodes
Bobby Sweet   Mandolin,Bass (Electric),Guitar (Electric)
Johnny Irion   Vocals,Tambourine,Wood Block,Whistle (Human),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String),Vocals (Background),Banjo,Sitar
Pete Seeger   Banjo,Guitar,Vocals
Abraham Guthrie   Piano
Arlo Guthrie   Ukulele,Autoharp
Radoslav Lorkovic   Piano,Squeezebox
Annie Guthrie   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Amanda Kowalski   Bass (Upright)

Technical Credits

Bobby Sweet   Mixing,Engineer
Johnny Irion   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Annotation,Track Notes
Pete Reiniger   Mixing,Mastering
Woody Guthrie   Drawing,Composer,Lyricist
D.A. Sonneborn   Executive Producer
Arlo Guthrie   Annotation,Introduction
Sarah Lee Guthrie   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Annotation,Track Notes
Mary Monseur   Production Coordination
Carla Borden   Editing Assistant
Amanda Kowalski   Photography
Sonya Cohen Cramer   Design,Art Direction,Layout Design
Michael Merenda   Engineer