Ziggy Marley: Family Time
 Family Time is Ziggy Marley third solo album and first full-length offering especially for children and families. Marley produced the album with legendary producer Don Was, known for his Grammy®-winning work with such artists as Bonnie Raitt as well as with his own hit-making group, Was (Not Was). With original songs newly-composed by Marley himself, the album features a variety of family and friends as guests including Rita Marley (Ziggy s mother), Cedella Marley (sister), Judah Marley (daughter), Paul Simon, Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Toots Hibberts (of Toots and the Maytals), Elizabeth Mitchell, Laurie Berkner, Paula Fuga and two stories narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. The album kicks off with the happy sounds of a family's conversation, leading into the title track, a breezy, joyful ode to individual and global families. Mom Rita and sister Cedella help sing "I Love You Too," one of the most heart-warming singalongs you'll hear all year, a tune that would truly make Ziggy's dad proud. Jack Johnson and Paula Fuga join Ziggy on the acoustic "Cry Cry Cry," a song about a child missing his traveling father. Reggae legend Toots Hibbert makes an appearance on the joyful "Take Me to Jamaica," while "Ziggy Says" is a tropical remake of the traditional "Simon Says" game.
Willie Nelson (and long-time harmonica player/sidekick Mickey Raphael) drops by to lend his weathered Operas to the traditional "This Train," made popular years ago by Woody Guthrie. Then, kids' music star Elizabeth Mitchell helps sing "Wings of an Eagle," a reworking of the traditional tune "If I Had the Wings of a Dove," a song covered by Bob Marley and the Wailers during their early '60s ska days. Ziggy has contributed to a variety of children s programming including Nick Jr. s Dora the Explorer, the PBS children s show Arthur, and the animated film Shark Tale, in which he played the character of Bernie the Jamaican jellyfish and re-recorded his father s Three Little Birds with Sean Paul and his brother Stephen Marley for the soundtrack.
Song List | 1. | Family Time (feat. Judah Marley) | 4:20 | | 2. | I Love You Too (feat. Rita Marley & Cedella Marley) | 3:33 | | 3. | Cry, Cry, Cry (feat. Jack Johnson & Paula Fuga) | 4:43 | | 4. | Take Me To Jamaica (feat. Toots Hibbert) | 3:18 | | 5. | Ziggy Says | 3:51 | | 6. | This Train (feat. Willie Nelson) | 3:38 | | 7. | Wings of an Eagle (feat. Elizabeth Mitchell) | 4:17 | | 8. | Abc | 4:01 | | 9. | Hold Em Joe | 3:36 | | 10. | Walk Tall (feat. Paul Simon) | 3:16 | | 11. | Future Man, Future Lady (feat. Laurie Berkner) | 3:37 | | 12. | My Helping Hands (feat. Jamie Lee Curtis) | 0:54 | | 13. | Is There Really A Human Race | 2:31 |
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