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There​’​s A Great Glowing Gasbag In The Sky, It​’​s Called The Sun

from Songs To Annoy Small Children by Tom Dyer

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    Songs To Annoy Small Children is the latest bit of nonsense from the indefatigable Tom Dyer. This project began life in 1995 without a long-range plan. These were simple, made-up songs to be sung to his long-suffering children. The first was Bathtub Plug, an ode to a replacement plug in a claw foot bathtub. There were five songs total. Three were recorded, including the embarrassing Dyer Family Song. In December 2016, Dyer decided to complete the song cycle and recorded, in two days, the final two (including the masterpiece There’s A Great Glowing Gasbag In The Sky, It’s Called The Sun) plus a new concluding composition, They’re Old.

    To add depth and muscle to this remarkable and irreverent artifact, two additional works are being presented herein.

    First, are the Pirate Songs of Cap’n Kat and the SS Mediocrity. Recorded in 2005 at the zenith of the Johnny Depp pirate mania, these songs a) reflect on health issues encountered by knaves on the high seas and b) inventory the means needed for career success. The songs were composed and performed by Kat and Ben Dyer, who have most recently released material as The Dyer Spawn on GMR’s 2016 Xmas album.

    Second, we have five songs by Susan Dyer, composed for and performed as part of the pantomime Aladdin & His Magic Lamp in 2002. This cast recording exists because Tom was on the East Coast and could not attend the play. He retained audio engineers to do a live studio recording of the entire performance. These were Ms. Dyer’s first featured compositions; she doubles as a performer in the role of Queen Dragona.

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from Songs To Annoy Small Children, released January 17, 2017

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Tom Dyer Olympia, Washington

Tom Dyer is a Pacific NW singer, musician, songwriter, producer with 18 albums and many more singles and tracks, most recently his 40-song 3-CD (see Tom Dyer and the True Olympians) opus “Olympia: A True Story.” “This (Olympia) is a glorious, beautifully presented project … remarkable.” Graham Reid – Elsewhere.
His next album will be his best. He has faithfully run Green Monkey Records since 1983.
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