Days Gone By: Songs of the American Poets, Vol. 1

This is a collection of poems by Emily Dickinson, Eugene Field, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allen Poe, and James Whitcomb, set to music by Ted Jacobs.
Personnel: Ted Jacobs (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); David Vidal (vocals, harmonica); Amy Deegan, Michael Sherwood, Tahkus Ekedal, Laura Dallavo (vocals); Ed Tree (lap-steel guitar, dobro); Larry Treadwell (banjo); Bob Bancalari (mandolin, recorder); Daryl S. (violin, viola); Van Dyke Parks (accordion); Rob Jacobs (bodhran, congas, cymbals, tom-tom, djembe, shaker, tambourine, triangle, wind chimes, bells).
Engineers: Ted Jacobs, Amy Deegan, Darby Orr.
Recorded at House At The Corner Studio, Burbank, California. Includes liner notes by Ted Jacobs.
This is a collection of poems by Emily Dickinson, Eugene Field, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allen Poe, and James Whitcomb, set to music by Ted Jacobs.
Ted Jacobs' Days Gone By: Songs of the American Poets, Vol. 1 reinterprets the words of classic American poets like Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as creative children's songs. "Hope Is the Thing With Feathers" and "Will There Really Be a Morning?" are inspired by Dickinson's imaginative, searching verses, while the whimsical "The Sugar-Plum Tree" and "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" capture the playfulness of Eugene Field's work. Wistful pieces such as "Alone" and "The Days Gone By" -- based on poems by Poe and James Whitcomb Riley, respectively -- round out this literate, emotionally rich collection, which celebrates the diverse voices of America's great poets. ~ Heather Phares