Sharon, Lois & Bram: Best of the Best Live

 

Sharon, Lois & Bram: Best of the Best Live. Performed by Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein & Bram Morrison. Approx. 63 min. Red Brick Songs. 2021. CD: $13.99; CAD: $14.99; Digital: $12.99. Ages 2 – 7

            This excellent compilation of the multi-award-winning Canadian trio’s live performances from 1989—1995 features 32 of their best-known songs. Listeners will also hear much interaction between the trio and their various audiences. Most of the songs encourage some kind of listener participation and are in various musical styles, including jig, boogie Woogie, jazz, folk, and bluegrass. The backup musicians perform with excellence on  fiddle, banjo, bass, keys, saxophone, clarinet, flute and drums. Song titles and medleys include: “Rig A Jig Jig/One Elephant, Deus Éléphants,” “Did You Bring Your Singing Voice?/Short, Long & Beard,” “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain,” “Alphabet Song/ABC Jig,” “Rags,” “Monday Night the Banjo,” “Going to the Zoo/Five Little Monkeys,” “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes/Head & Shoulders, Baby,” “How Much is That Doggie in the Window,” “I Am Slowly Going Crazy,” “Old King Cole,” “Flea Fly Mosquito/Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me/Shoo-Fly Pie,” “If I Could Have a Windmill,” “Ballin’ the Jack,” “Skip to My Loo/Put Your Finger in the Air/Eensy Weensy Spider,” “Hucklebuck,” “Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor,” “Peanut Butter and Jelly,” “Dirty Old Bill/Miss Lucy,” “CHICKEN/Grandpa’s Farm,” “Skinnamarink,” and “Hey Dum Diddeley Dum.” This album will bring back wonderful memories for older fans and create new ones for young listeners. 

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