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OCTOBER
COUNTRY
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NEW CD!
David's
latest collection of his
own
compositions.
"October Country" returns
to the land with the glowing warmth of an autumn day. Songs of the
season and the autumn of our days, wild weather, a tribute to Carl
Sandburg, and covers from Gordon Bok, Charlie Maguire, and Mustard's Retreat
are featured.
Available on
CD
only
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To hear Sound Files
of the following songs or to
order by credit card visit:
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
For i-Tunes download direct link go to: (in
process)
1) Fall is Here 2)October Country 3)
Poet of the Prairie 4) Dried Out/ If the Rain Don't Come 5) Prairie Twister 6)
Singing Rails 7) River of Time 8) Whittling Jim 9) Warrior 10)
Turning Toward the Morning 11) Part of Me Remembers 12) Equinox
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FISHERMAN'S BEACH
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"Drake speaks to the sweet water sailor
in all of us who stand on the shores of these Great Lakes and dream of sailing away beyond
the far horizon.
— "WIND IN THE RIGGING"
David's
collection of original songs of the Great Lakes and Inland waterways from his days of tall
ship sailing and freshwater explorations. This is a love song for the great outdoors and
days of sail.
"FISHERMAN'S BEACH" CD
includes the best remastered songs of "One More
Horizon " (now out of print) and new songs including "Linda E",
"Fisherman's Beach" and more
Available on CD only
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SECRET GARDEN
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"Like that favorite old sweater...a
visit with an old friend" SING OUT MAGAZINE
A collection of David's own compositions. "Secret Garden" ranges from the first
day of a Wisconsin spring to Meeting old friends at a High School reunion, a summer storm,
grandma's coffee grinder, and
some life long loves. More than any other recording, these songs are the closest to the
heart.
Available on
CD
or
Cassette
(see
clearance special).
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KIDSTUFF
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PARENTS' CHOICE honors for
excellence in audio recordings for children
Perfect for the younger set, this live cassette is filled
with songs and singalongs including SECOND STORY WINDOW, THE MARVELOUS TOY, MY RHINOCEROS,
GOBBLE GOBBLE MUNCH, and other silly stuff. DO YOU HAVE A DREAM? for Martin Luther King
and I LIKE TO SING about having confidence add songs to grow on. Available on
CD only (thin line jewel box) |
To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
1)This Little Light of Mine 2) Ain't got
it No More 3) Second Story Window 4) The Circle Never Ends
5) My Rhinoceros 6) Gobble Gobble Munch 7) Bubble
Gum 8) What do I see on my Christmas Tree? 9) The Marvelous
Toy 10) Do you have a Dream? 11) I like to Sing 12)
Someone's Praying / Kumbaya |
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WISCON-SING
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An Official Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Event!
David has toured his WISCON-SING show throughout the
state playing to festivals, schools, libraries, and community centers. This live tape
includes THE RIVERS OF WISCONSIN, MY NAME IS JON JONSON, CRANBERRY BOG, THE LUMBERJACK'S
ALPHABET, MANY MANY COWS, WISCONSIN'S GOT TO ME and many more! A must for educators,
libraries, and folks who love our State.
- Available on CD (thin
cardboard sleeve),
*Cassette (see clearance special).
- If you'd like to see it a live show with slides and all, see
my
Videotape! (see
clearance special).
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To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
1) Wisconsin's Got to Me 2) Rivers of
Wisconsin 3) Kingdom Come 4) When I first came to this
Land 5) Big Bevans Mine 6) Lovely Agnes 7) Jon Jonson
8) The Lumberjack's Alphabet 9) Cranberry Bog 10) Where are you
Bound? 11) Many Many Cows 12) Getting in the Cows 13)
Wisconsin 14) On Wisconsin
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HEARTLAND
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A Musical History of Illinois
"Heartland" is a multimedia history of
Illinois for schools and libraries "south of the border". HEARTLAND
explores Illinois history with songs like LAND OF LINCOLN, THE RIVERS OF ILLINOIS,
EL-A-NOY, DADDY WHAT'S A TRAIN?, and the official state song, titled of course, ILLINOIS.
- Available on CD
(thin line jewel box)
- If you'd like to see it a live show with slides and all,
Videotape! (see
clearance special).
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To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
1) Illinois has Got to Me 2) Rivers of
Illinois 3) Kingdom Come 4) When I first came to this Land
5) Land of Lincoln 6) Illinois 7)Daddy what's a Train? 8)
Where are you Bound? 9) Shoulder to Shoulder 10) Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight 11) El-a-noy
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WHAT A
WONDERFUL
WORLD!
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| David has been performing environmental songs for some
twenty years at such places as the Schlitz Audubon Center, the World Singout for Peace,
The Milwaukee County Zoo and Public Museum, and has been part of the crew of the
environmental ship CLEARWATER on New York's Hudson River. This album is a collection of
some of the favorite songs for recycling, ecology, human understanding, and world peace
from David's concert program.
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To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
1) A Place in the Choir 2) Animal
Faire 3) You are my Sunshine 4) Circle of the Sun 5)
The Food Chain 6) Potluck 7) Grandma's Patchwork Quilt 8)
She'll be coming round the Mountain 9) Can You? 10) Two by
Two 11) What a Wonderful World
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LET THERE BE
LIGHT!
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| David is joined by Elizabeth Friedman in this collection
of little known Christmas and Seasonal Music.
Songs include the first carol sung in North
America and songs from France, Poland, Germany, Israel, and from seasons past.
For a glowing review visit:
http://www.christmasreviews.com/xdrakefriedmann.shtml
Available
on CD (thin line jewel box)
or
Cassette
(see
clearance special).
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To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
1) Let there be Light 2) O Joseph 3)
Caroling Child 4) White Snows of Winter 5) Pat a Pan 6)
The Friendly Beasts 7) An Old Fashioned Tree 8) Sing We
Noel 9) Mary's Boy Child 10) Infant Holy 11) Moon of
Wintertime 12) What do I see on my Christmas Tree 13) Fum- Fum-
Fum 14) Shalom Chaverim 15) I heard the Bells on Christmas Day
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A SCHOONER
SONGBAG
Songs of the S/V
Denis Sullivan
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David is joined by the Schooner Shanty
Singers, Will Branch, Monica Marshall, Kevin Soucie, Chuck Ward, Rodd
Walker, Negamojig, and special guest Pete Seeger in this collection of 17
historic, original, and "adapted for the Great Lakes" songs,
ballads, and shanties in honor of Wisconsin's flagship, the three-masted
Lake Schooner "Denis Sullivan"
- CD (comes in a thin cardboard sleeve.)
- CD also available at the Wisconsin
Lake Schooner Center's Gift Shop and Schooner Events
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To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
For i-Tunes download direct link go to:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=148094466
1) Water Song 2) The Sullivan 3)
What will we do? 4) I'se the Boy 5) The Tall Ship Sails
all Around 6) Ah! Si Mon Moine
7) Haul Away Joe 8) Milwaukee River 9) Beaver Island
Boys 10) The Schooner Alphabet 11) The Lady Elgin 12) Haul
on the Bowline 13) Lakes of Amerikey 14) It's No Use
Master 15) Note it in the Log 16) Leave Her Johnny 17)
Denis Sullivan
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WISH I HAD A
TROUBADOUR
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Recorded live at Milwaukee's IRISH FEST, the
world's largest Irish Music Festival.
David has appeared at Irish Fest for over ten years presenting
Irish songs, songs of immigration, troubadour songs, and sea shanties. This live recording
is a early example of David's
versatility and concert stage work.
Available on CD
(thin line jewel box)
or
Cassette (see
clearance special).
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To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
1) Wish I Had a Troubadour 2) The Candle and the
Cape 3) Elizabeths Three 4) We're all Irish Today 5) The
Irish Song 6) Mountains of Mourne 7) Kilkelly Ireland 8)
No Irish Need Apply 9) Rolling Down to Old Maui 10) New York
Girls 11) Maids, When you're Young 12) Jenny Brice 13)
Rattling Bog 14) Grandpa's Lullaby 15) The
Highwayman 16) The Parting Glass
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NO
CHILD LEFT BEHIND?
Bring
back the Joy
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This anthology of songs was collected from
folksingers, writers, and teachers from around the country expressing
thieir thoughts and concerns over the effects of "No Child Left
Behind". Songs range from professional musicians such as George
Grove, Tom Chapin, Stuart Stotts, Skip Jones, and David HB Drake,
performing with "Dangerous Folk" Julie Thompson and Cap Lee.
This is a must for teachers everywhere. Available on CD only
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To hear Sound Files of the following songs
or to
order by credit card visit: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dhbdrake
1) Save our Schools 2) What did you
learn in School 3) For whom the Bell Curves 4)No Child Left
Behind 5) Free the Child 6) Test the Kids 7)No Child
left Untested 8) Flowers are Red 9) So many ways to be Smart 10)
Someone taught me 11) New Tomorrows 12) Leave it like it is 13) How
could anyone ever tell you? 14) Cancion de la Communidad 15) These Schools
are your Schools
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 Gather by the
Waters |
GATHER BY THE
WATERS
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David created this multimedia history of
immigration to Wisconsin through the Port of Milwaukee as a sequel to
"Wiscon-sing" for the Milwaukee Sesquicentennial in 1996.
In this program David sings song in six different languages! The program
has become part of the Wisconsin Lake Schooner's educational outreach
programs, showing how we are all "In the same boat".
Recorded live and seen over
West Allis Cable
Available on Videotape only .
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1) This Old Bay 2) Penobscott Welcome
Song 3) Ah! Si Mon Moine 4) Shanties 5) Who can Sail? 6)
Oleanna 7)To Work upon the Railway 8) Follow the Drinking Gourd
9) Lost on the Lady Elgin 10) DIe Gedanken Sind Frei
11) Grandma
Babushka 12) Somos El Barco 13) Gather by the Waters |
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