Product Description

In this moving anthology, the musically gifted sons and daughters of pop legends sing songs made famouse by their dads. You'll gain a unique insight into the music and people who created it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189018 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Published on: 2007
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Compilation

Features

• The gifted children of some of music's legendary artists pay tribute to their fathers on this unique compilation created especially for Target
• Artists have drawn on the rich classic legacies of their fathers, choosing to perform songs that have a particular personal meaning for each of them
• You will gain unique insight into the music and the people who created it
• A powerful testament to the ties that bind, and proof that sometimes musical genius runs in the family

Customer Reviews

An interesting concept
This in an interesting CD; second generaton artists performing songs of their fathers. Being a huge Brian Wilson fan, I bought this CD mainly for Carnie and Wendy's version of "Warmth of the Sun". Most of the renditions are fairly true to the originals but a few are "modernized" a bit.

Salvador Santana's version of "Evil Ways" is freshened up a bit from the original. Matthew and Gunnar Nelson's "Travelin' Man" has way too much bass added. I can't even listen to it without shutting off my equalizer. I guess it's great if you want to thump the windows out of your car.

"Lover's Cross" by A. J. Croce, "Cat's In The Cradle" by Jen Chapin, "Midnight Rider" by Devon Allman, and "Up On The Roof" by Louise Goffin (Carole King) are all pleasant versions of the originals.

I was familiar with the George Jones version of "Bartender's Blues" which was written by James Taylor. His son, Ben, sounds remarkably like him here.

"Soul Shake Down Party" by Ky-Mani Marley is a song I wasn't familiar with. It's ok, but doesn't do much for me. "Bird On A Wire" is another song that I was familiar with through Johnny Cash's version. Here it's performed by Adam Cohen, son of composer Leonard Cohen.

"Yellow Moon" by Ian Neville is ok. I've always enjoyed Wilson Phillips and Wendy and Carnie Wilson's version of "Warmth Of The Sun" and Chynna Phillip's verson of "Got A Feeling" are both quite good.

"Run To Me" by Spencer Gibb is also true to the Bee Gees version. The last cut is Arlo Guthrie's "Coming Into Los Angeles" performed by his daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie. It's a low-key acoustic version. Not nearly as much fun as the original.

These are classic songs and it's fun hearing them performed by the offspring of the original composers. It's not a "must-have" CD but for the money it's not bad.