Randy Kaplan's Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie Review & Giveaway

Nationally acclaimed children's artist, Randy Kaplan, has brought classic country blues and ragtime songs from the 1920's, 30's and 40's to today's children with the release of his latest album, Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie (Universal Music Enterprises, 2012). These songs have been reworked with lyrics and even titles, that are perfect for today's 12 and under crowd, without losing the original grit and humor of the originals.  This new CD features 17 song with various segments of the album being introduced by the timeless and craggy voice of Lightnin' Bodkins, where he entertains and educates children about the stories behind the songs and the artists who originally performed them. The CD also comes with 20 page liner notes to educate children about the great American music history further.

The tracks on the Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie album are:

1. The Fathers Of The Blues

2. They're Red Hot

3. Runaway Blues

4. In A Timeout Now

5. Reading Glasses Kaplan

6. Kindhearted Babysitter Blues

7. Diddie Wah Diddie

8. Ice Cream Man Rag

9. Oh Papa Oh Mama

10. Kickball Kaplan

11. Sugar Sweet

12. You've Been A Good Old Wagon 

13. Gettin' Along

14. Mayor Kaplan

15. Shake That Thing

16. That Will Never Happen No More

17. Black Mountain Blues

18. Papa Waffle Kaplan

19. Move To Kansas City

20. Way Down In Arkansas

21. Green Green Rocky Road

22. Kiwi Kaplan

23. So Different Blues

24. Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie

The narrations are tracks 1, 5, 10, 14, 18, 22 and 24. 

My 5 year old and I really enjoyed the Randy Kaplan, Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie CD, each time a new song came on he wanted to know what it was called, then we had to listen to the entire CD repeatedly. It was humorous and had great rhythms that you just can't help bopping along to. It was fun to see, how many of the songs I could remember with the original lyrics and I love that it also game my son a brief but fun music history education. 

You can catch some of the music videos for Randy Kaplan's music on myKaZootv--the 24/7 interactive kids' entertainment channel.

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Giveaway ends Sunday, September 2nd at 8pm CST

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 Thank you to Sugar Mountain PR for my sample used in this review and the winner prize.  Opinions are honest, review by Michelle.

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