Curious Jack

I made a fascinating discovery Monday night. Rather, the discovery made me.

My good friend and cousin Datha (and her husband Mark) sent us the Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George for our two and a half month old son. He is a little young to fully appreciate it, but he soon will.





The wonderful discovery is this. The artist performing these songs is a guy named Jack Johnson. I thought I was pretty savvy on the music industry, but apparently I live in a cave. I did not know this artist, and tis a pity. He's excellent! He has a real folky sound with acoustic guitars and smooth vocals.

As great discoveries often do, this one mushroomed. Last night we were in a particular store and his music video came on in which he sings the first song from the cd, Upside Down, to Curious George!

Tres cute!

More on Jack Johnson from Wikipedia.

Johnson had been a professional surfer until an accident, in which he broke his nose, had his front teeth knocked out and received more than 150 stitches to his mouth and forehead. He learned to play guitar at age 14, but did not seriously pursue a career in the arts until his college years at University of California at Santa Barbara, where he graduated with a degree in film.

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