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Wee Hairy Beasties was a children's music group composed of Jon Langford, Sally Timms, Kelly Hogan, and Devil in a Woodpile. [1] [2] They played their first gig together at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, and released an album through Bloodshot Records in 2006 [3] and another in 2008 on Wee Beatz Records.
| Animal Crackers | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by Wee Hairy Beasties | |
| Released | 24 October 2006 |
| Genre | Children |
| Label | Bloodshot Records |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| Wisconsin State Journal | none [5] |
| Holidays Gone Crazy | |
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| Studio album by Wee Hairy Beasties | |
| Released | 2008 |
| Genre | Children |
| Label | Wee Beatz |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Robert Christgau | (A-) [6] |
Wynonie Harris, was an American blues shouter and rhythm-and-blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is attributed by many music scholars to be one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.
Music of My Mind is the fourteenth studio album by American soul musician Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 3, 1972, by Tamla Records. Wonder used synthesizers for many musical parts on this album. It was a modest commercial success, but critics found the record representative of Wonder's artistic growth, and many contemporary critics consider it the first album of his classic period.
Jonathan Denis Langford is a Welsh musician and artist based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is one of the founders of punk band The Mekons, post-punk group The Three Johns, and alternative country ensembles The Waco Brothers and Pine Valley Cosmonauts. He has worked to campaign against the death penalty in Illinois.
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Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills is a tribute album by the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, released on September 8, 1998 on Bloodshot Records. It consists of the Pine Valley Cosmonauts' covers of songs originally performed and written by legendary western swing musician Bob Wills. Artists featured on the album include Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Alejandro Escovedo, Edith Frost and Robbie Fulks.
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