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Article: Tommy Gardner: Kangaroo Waffles.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
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- June 22, 2007
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TOMMY GARDNER Kangaroo Waffles Backwater 10107
Tom Gardner is best known (with Danny Quinn) as Uncle Brothers, an award-winning kids music duo based in the Northeast. Though less known as a singer-songwriter, Gardner has been writing for more mature audiences for more than twenty years, including an album wistfully entitled Songs that Famous People Should Record. While his songs on this album tend to the message-laden, they're musically varied, well-presented, and often memorable.
Kangaroo Waffles' fourteen cuts highlight Gardner's writing skills. All of the songs except Harry Chapin's "Flowers are Red" reflect his writing talents, sometimes with ...