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Accomplished guitarist Gary Lucas sends listeners on a multicolored carousel of "songs for children." He marches Jewish fight song singalongs, strums out Marx Brothers' tunes, and fingerpicks delicate acoustic originals. Busy Being Born includes great slide guitar; a Fiddler on the Roof tune; a traditional tune about turning clay into a dreydel done Ritchie Valens style; and what Lucas calls "an anti-lullaby" with a narrative reminiscent of Nick Cave's from-the-depths voice that's sure to frighten kids in a delicious way. Recommended for old and young alike. In all, the album is a rare, successful combination of silly kid-appeal and adult-sized ability, wrapped around a tweaked eccentricity that only the stodgy couldn't enjoy.
© Joslyn Layne /TiVo
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Traditional, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Traditional, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Gary Lucas, Composer, MainArtist
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
Gary Lucas, Composer, MainArtist
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
Jerry Bock, Composer - Sheldon Harnick, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
Jerry Bock, Composer - Sheldon Harnick, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Gary Lucas, Composer, MainArtist - Walter Horn, Composer
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Harold Arlen, Composer - Yip Harburg, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Gary Lucas, Composer, MainArtist
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Traditional, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Johnny Green, Composer - Al Lerner, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist - Sammy Timberg, Composer
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Kay Rogers, Composer - Luther Dixon, Composer - Bob Elgin, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Leigh Harline, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Gary Lucas, Composer, MainArtist
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Traditional, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Ernest Gold, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
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Traditional, Composer - Gary Lucas, MainArtist
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
Album review
Accomplished guitarist Gary Lucas sends listeners on a multicolored carousel of "songs for children." He marches Jewish fight song singalongs, strums out Marx Brothers' tunes, and fingerpicks delicate acoustic originals. Busy Being Born includes great slide guitar; a Fiddler on the Roof tune; a traditional tune about turning clay into a dreydel done Ritchie Valens style; and what Lucas calls "an anti-lullaby" with a narrative reminiscent of Nick Cave's from-the-depths voice that's sure to frighten kids in a delicious way. Recommended for old and young alike. In all, the album is a rare, successful combination of silly kid-appeal and adult-sized ability, wrapped around a tweaked eccentricity that only the stodgy couldn't enjoy.
© Joslyn Layne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:49
- Main artists: Gary Lucas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Tzadik
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
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