Shawn Mullins once again wanted to contribute the this silly song. Shawn sings the 3 part harmonies in the chorus, and adds his two cents in about the breakfast party throughout the song in his low deep voice...'It's delicious!' Cynthia and niece Linsdey are the 'Shoop Shoop' girls. The Bari Saxophone by Tom Ryan is so fun. And Marty Kearns hammond is incredibly tasteful and silly. Gerry Hansen nailed the vibe and tone on the kit. 
I fell on the floor laughing when I heard the demo of this from Franklin. The produced version exceeded any expectations I had. The song still cracks me up. 
If you're not familiar with Shawn's music, please go check it out. His big hit was 'Lullabye (Rockabye)' . He has consistently released albums with amazing songs. 
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Toast and Jelly (Ft. Shawn Mullins)

A fun 'call and answer' song, that wasn't originally a 'call and answer' song. Alex and his buddies are the kids answering Boxtop. I loved putting together the Sound Effects for this! Can you name ALL the different sports represented??? Franklin does all the announcer voices.
This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
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Have a Ball !

This song was recorded and mixed in 1 day of recording! Marty Kearns brought in 3 amazing horn players and arranged it on the fly in just a few hours. Franklin sang one line wrong on that day, but when he got back to Germany, he re-sang 3 words and I just plugged them in and the song was done. 
This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
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The Crocodile (Wouldn't Brush His Teeth)

More Monkeys !!! Can't have enough monkeys on a children's album. Marty Kearns plays a great hammond organ track on this. Kevin Leahy plays the drums on this one. And Franklin does all the voices.
This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
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Swingin' Monkeys

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This song won the Halloween song contest on Jango.com! And went head to head against the classic Monster Mash on WXPN's Kid's Corner. Monster Mash beat us by just a few votes. Brandon Bush (Sugarland, Train) plays a mean farfisa organ on this track. Cynthia Matullo is the voice of the witch..'Get off my foot !' and Alex contributed with some background yells! Franklin does all the other voices you hear. This was such a fun track to produce and record.
This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
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Gettin' Down On Halloween

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One of two Halloween songs off 'You're Happier When You're Happy'. We hope they will make your Halloween soundtrack this year !
Shawn Mullins is the voice of the Skeleton who tells you how to Rattle your bones. I asked Shawn to channel Vincent Price and the narrator from The Grinch. And wow, did he ever! It's an amazing performance and we were thrilled when he said he'd love to do it.
This track was incredibly fun to produce. All of the percussion sounds you hear were built in Marty Kearns studio. He's got every little weird sounding percussion toy you can think of. We played anything we could find. There was a wooden wind up crank thingy, a can, a cup thing with a pull string, a string of deer hoofs, just crazy stuff. Then later at my studio, I cut up each sound and built a rhythm bed from it. But the most amazing sound, and the rhythm I locked all the little sounds to, was the sound of Marty Kearns playing the GARBAGE CANS !! He was literally beating on garbage cans. He went to his kitchen, grabbed a metal garbage can, took it into the studio and told me to hit record. I think the garbage was still in it ! Anyway, the sound was perfect, best sounding garbage can I ever recorded. He played a few different rhythms throughout the song and later I edited some parts together to build the bed. Marty also played the Hammond on this track.
The incredibly Kevin Leahy played the Vibraphone and Xylophone. Brett Hartley played Electric guitar. My wife Cynthia sings the background vocals with Shawn...'There's really nothin to it, you got to put your bones in to it'. 
Shawn's vocal was recorded at Ben Prices studio, Studio Laroche. 
If you're not familiar with Shawn Mullins' music, please go check it out. His big hit was 'Lullabye (Rockabye)'. He has consistently released amazing albums for the past 20 years. One of my favorite songwriters.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/souls-core/id157511450
This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
And on iTunes:
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Rattlin' Rattlin' Bones (Feat. Shawn Mullins as the Skeleton Band leader)

Ya get it? It's a Plant.....inside a Plant.....and he's the foreman! 
This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
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My Uncle Is an Ant

Marty Kearns plays a beautiful Rhodes organ on this. He played two separate solos. I liked both and couldn't choose, so I left them both in. And they totally work together.

This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
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Tick-Tick-Tock

This is such a beautiful moment between Dad and son. Franklin recorded this with his son Dean. He sent it to me and I thought it should go on the CD. I'm so glad Franklin decided to put it on. And I am sure in years to come, Dean will be too. This song has been played on the Wiggles Radio Show on SiriusXM KIDS Place Live Channel 78 quite regularly! 
This track is from the album You're Happier When You're Happy and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/boxtopjenkins3
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I Luv-a You

DOWNLOAD THIS FOR FREE! The art of playing an actual handsaw is a special one. It's not easy. Franklin played these eerie howls on both Halloween songs and we've compiled the sounds together in a three minute file.
Play it as a background bed for your radio show, or use it to spook trick-or-treaters in your neighborhood. Enjoy ! 
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Pictured with Franklin is his son Dean, learning the art at an early age. You can hear Dean sing on the song I LUV-A You.

Boxtop Jenkins