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Music for Kids of All Ages

The original Songs of Fox Hollow was born one long-ago summer, when two young nephews of Tom T. and Dixie Hall spent the summer roaming the farm and asking Tom T. a host of questions about the land and the animals. To the kids, Fox Hollow was a place of activity and enchantment, and pretty soon Tom T.’s answers began to rhyme. The record that came about offers kids laughter, melody, and lessons in kindness, care, and conservation. For adults, it offers the same, as well as a welcome window into our kids’ thoughts and feelings.

When it was released in 1974, Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow produced two No. 1 hits, “I Love” and “I Care,” and the album entered the consciousness of a generation. Here at Red Beet we decided it was time for another generation to hear these wonderful songs, so we set out to re-imagine the time-honored work. For a week in June 2010, Peter Cooper and Eric Brace rounded up fellow Tom T. fans and headed to Fox Hollow, the farm that inspired “Songs of Fox Hollow” and is still home to Tom T. and Dixie Hall. Over three magical days in this idyllic setting just south of Nashville, they recorded the eleven songs that made up the original Songs of Fox Hollow, plus a brand new tune written especially for this release by Tom T. and Dixie.

Titled I Love: Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow, the CD features a different vocalist on each song: Patty Griffin sings “I Love,” Buddy Miller performs “Sneaky Snake,” Bobby Bare sings “I Care,” Jim Lauderdale’s take on “I Like to Feel Pretty Inside,” Eric Brace sings “The Mysterious Fox of Fox Hollow,” and Tom T. himself joins Fayssoux Starling McLean on the new song written by he and Dixie, “I Made a Friend of a Flower Today.” Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy lends his twangy guitar to two of the tracks.

Peter Cooper and Eric Brace have produced a gem of Americana music, a new classic for kids and adults alike.

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