1998 Art Garfunkel – Daydream – Songs From A Father To A Child
Songs From A Parent To A Child is the eighth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel and his first new studio release since Lefty nine years earlier. Released as a concept album in 1997, it features his son, wife and a host of celebrity musicians, and was built on the concept of children’s songs. The cover photograph was taken by Douglas Foulke on Bow Bridge, Central Park, New York City. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Album for Children.
Tracks
1 Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (Traditional) 01:51
2 Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens) 02:53
3 Daydream (John Sebastian) 02:47
4 Baby Mine (Ned Washington; Frank Churchill) 03:40
5 Secret O’ Life (James Taylor) 03:38
6 The Things We’ve Handed Down (Marc Cohn) 04:37
7 You’re A Wonderful One (Edward Holland; Lamont Dozier; Brian Holland) 03:15
8 Good Luck Charm (Aaron Schroeder; Wally Gold) 02:26
9 I Will (John Lennon; Paul McCartney) 02:17
10 Lasso The Moon (Billy Simon; Lowell Alexander) 03:29
11 Dreamland (Mary Chapin Carpenter) 03:10
12 Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (Reprise) (Traditional) 01:43
13 The Lord’s Prayer / Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (Albert Hay Malotte; Traditional) 03:52
Musicians
1 Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?
Guitar | Eric Weissberg |
Vocals | Kim Cermak Garfunkel |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
2 Morning Has Broken
Piano | Billy Preston |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
3 Daydream
Drums | Steve Gadd |
Guitar | John Sebastian |
Banjo | Eric Weissberg |
Dobro | Eric Weissberg |
Harmonica | John Sebastian |
Whistle | John Sebastian |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
4 Baby Mine
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Steve Gadd |
Dobro | Eric Weissberg |
Fender Rhodes | Warren Bernhardt |
Marimba | Dave Samuels |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
5 Secret O’ Life
Bass | Mark Egan |
Drums | Chris Parker |
Guitar | Jeff Mironov |
Acoustic Guitar | Eric Weissberg |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
6 The Things We’ve Handed Down
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Drums | Steve Gadd |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Acoustic Guitar | Stuart Breed |
Hammond Organ | Warren Bernhardt |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
7 You’re A Wonderful One
Bass | Freddie Washington |
Drums | Bill Maxwell |
Guitar | Tony Maiden |
Organ | Billy Preston |
Piano | Billy Preston |
Sax | Curtis Amy |
Trombone | Bob McChesney |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Merry Clayton |
Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
8 Good Luck Charm
Bass | Mark Egan |
Drums | Chris Parker |
Guitar | Jeff Mironov |
Acoustic Guitar | Eric Weissberg |
Vocals | James Garfunkel |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
9 I Will
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Guitar | Jeff Jones |
Keyboards | John Jarvis |
Flute | Dan Higgins |
Flute | Lisa Edelstein |
Oboe | Joseph Stone |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
10 Lasso The Moon
Piano | Jimmy Webb |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
11 Dreamland
Drums | Steve Gadd |
Guitar | Eric Weissberg |
Mandolin | Eric Weissberg |
Keyboards | Warren Bernhardt |
Horn | Joseph Stone |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
13 The Lord’s Prayer / Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Drums | Russ Kunkel |
Fender Rhodes | Jimmy Webb |
Organ | Jimmy Webb |
Horn | Joseph Stone |
Vocals | Merry Clayton |
Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
Vocals | Art Garfunkel |
Liner Notes
Producer – Art Garfunkel
Producer – Billy Preston, Merry Clayton (Track 7)
Producer (Executive) – Becky Mancuso-Winding
Arranged By – Art Garfunkel (Tracks 1, 13)
Arranged By – Jimmy Webb (Track 13)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Merry Clayton (Tracks 7, 13)
Arranged By (Horns) – Matthew McCauley (Track 13)
Arranged By (Strings) – Eleanor Farjeen (Track 2)
Arranged By (Strings) – Matthew McCauley (Tracks 10, 11, 13)
Arranged By (Woodwinds) – Matthew McCauley (Track 9)
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By – Stuart Breed, Art Garfunkel
Recorded By – Stuart Breed
Art Direction, Design – Howard Fritzson
Photography – Douglas Foulke
Mastered At Precision Mastering
Mixed At Quad Recording Studios
Recorded At Sony Music Studios, LA
Recorded At Quad Recording Studios
Phonographic Copyright Sony Music Entertainment Inc
Copyright Sony Music Entertainment Inc