September 6, 2005

Dapper Dans - Live!

When the paint was still drying on the faux Victorians of Disneyland's Main Street, USA, it was abundantly clear that four of the people who "lived" there needed to be a barbershop group, that made-in-America musical invention. The Dapper Dans were invited/created and fell in love with the place; the Main Street audiences loved them right back, and one of the most enduring barbershop groups in entertainment history was born. "Shave & A Haircut" is a "best of" the Dans, containing 21 of their most popular songs, over 40 minutes of music, including arrangements featuring the Deagan Organ Chimes (which are hand-held and played by the quartet). The songs are pure, sweet Americana, with Disney movie favorites like "Under the Sea," "They're Off!" (from The Great Race), "When I See An Elephant Fly," "When You Wish Upon A Star," "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Then we have the feel-good nostalgic classics "Coney Island Washboard," "All in the Golden Afternoon," "Cruising Down The River," "Mairzy Doats," "Remember Dad on Mother's Day," "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," "Moon Shine Tonight," Stephen Foster's "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair," "In the Good Old Summertime," "Doodlin'," "Heart" and more. All of the yummy harmonizing we love from a bona fide American institution! 5688c CD 14.98

Posted by acapnews at September 6, 2005 10:27 AM