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February 27, 2004
Shake a tail feather
Quinn's been getting more and more musical lately. It's not entirely her own doing, of course. We've been encouraging it.
She had a little toy drum a few months ago that she loved to beat on. Once I saw that, I dug three two rack toms and a snare from my drum kit in storage and put them on the floor for her to beat on. I also got her a pair of sticks, but they were not Quinn sized, so I cut them down to about half their original length. There was a time when she would go downstairs all the time and whack the drums, listening to the different sounds each one made.
Then one day, the TiVo told us that there was a concert on the Freeview channel by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, so I recorded it. BBVD are one of those new swing bands that came out of the late 90s like the Brian Setzer Orchestra and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. She went nuts for it. She saw the "drummies" in the back, and then went on to learn all the other instruments: panno, i-tar, sass-a-phone, tum-pit and tom-bone. I bought the first BBVD album, and we now listen to it in the car. She asks for the drummies CD as much as the Wiggies. If I sing some of "Mr. Pinstripe Suit" or "You And Me And The Bottle Makes Three Tonight", she says "Daddy singin' drummies!"
So last night, it hit me: BBVD do "Minnie The Moocher" on that CD, so I got our DVD of "The Blues Brothers" and put it on, skipping to the various musical numbers. The big hit: Dancing in the streets to "Shake a Tail Feather" outside Ray's Music Exchange. Mommy, Quinny and I danced around the living room at least three times to that song. Quinn watched the TV very closely, watching how everyone danced. When they do as Brother Ray says ("Bend over, let me see you shake a tail feather"), she bends over and shakes her butt.
The Wiggles are fine and all, but Quinn enjoying Aretha, Ray and the Godfather of Soul makes me smile.
Posted by Andy at February 27, 2004 9:41 AM
Comments
It is amazing how kids just dig music! My soon to be 5 yrs old twin girls are so hooked on the White Stripes that we HAVE to call them 'Meg and Jack'....crazy...
Posted by: Melissa at February 27, 2004 4:14 AM
There was no doubt in my mind that Quinn would end up loving my very most favorite movie of all time. It won't be long until Cooper is dancing along with her... he was BORN to that soundtrack - with Sweet Home Chicago playing as he popped on out.
Posted by: Aunt Cinda at February 28, 2004 4:10 AM
no doubt you have a musical child! when i was young, i had one of those tiny xylophones on a string. when i was 5, i got a 3-octave toy piano for christmas. The piano keys were supposed to be color-coded to match with the colors of the various notes on the staff. however, the piano keys were white. i couldn't match colors with keys.long story short: learning to play by ear has been a joy of my life. in my town, children got to pick an instrument to play in 4th grade. I couldn't sing worth shit. (that was the audition for playing an instrument. i sang one of the songs we listened to over and over and over again--Country Roads, john denver. i failed.)So! Now i've played drums and organ and keyboards and goofy percussion and have been given awards.i have a cheapie set of orchestra bells that needs to be refurbished.
Posted by: nancy at February 28, 2004 5:38 AM