Dog Train: A Wild Ride on the Rock-and-Roll Side
<DIV><P>Full of attitude, full of fun, and all lit up with star power, <I>Dog Train</I> is a Recording Industry Association of America Gold Album with 600,000 copies in print. Another great book-and-CD production by Sandra Boynton, it features all original songs recorded by big-name acts and great voices.</P><P>Blues Traveler performs a stomping version of the title song, a moody rock journey that Boynton wrote especially for them. And then there’s Alison Krauss with “Evermore.†And Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme—really—who do the “Boring Song.†The Spin Doctors, who channel rock’s rebellious side—with a taste of punk—for “Tantrumâ€: “<I>No No No, I don’t want to, I don’t want to./No no no, I don’t want to, no no./Leave me alone. Leave me alone./LEAVE ME ALONE.</I>†And the sweetly unexpected pairing of “Weird Al†Yankovic and Kate Winslet (yep, Kate Winslet) as a duet singing “I Need a Nap.â€</P><P>The full-color book features a portion of each song’s lyrics set as a little story, illustrated with Boynton’s irresistible hippos, cows, dogs, and more dogs. Full lyrics appear in the back.</P></DIV>