Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band
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Raffi in Concert with the Rise & Shine Band is a music album
Music Album
Music album is the name of:* Music Album , a 1970s Canadian television series* Album, a collection of music tracks...

 by popular
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 children's entertainer Raffi
Raffi (musician)
Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC , better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian-Armenian singer-songwriter, author, essayist and lecturer...

, released in 1996. This is also on VHS tape, released in 1988. In 1993 it was released on DVD by Shoreline Records and
Rounder Records and is 52 minutes long.
The Rise and Shine Band:
  • Raffi — Guitar
  • Dennis Pendrith — Bass
  • Bucky Berger — Drums
  • Nancy Walker — Keyboards
  • Mitch Lewis — Guitars, Mandolin, Banjo, Lap Steel, Harmonica


indicates what instrument Mitch Lewis plays on each song.

Track listing

  1. "Time to Sing" (Mandolin) – 2:13
  2. "Tingalayo" (Electric Guitar) – 2:58
  3. "Rise and Shine" (Acoustic Guitar) – 2:25
  4. "Five Little Ducks" (Mandolin) – 3:07
  5. "Bathtime" (Lap Steel) – 2:42
  6. "Apples and Bananas
    Apples and Bananas
    Not to be confused with the instrumental "Apples and Bananas" on a Lawrence Welk TV show taped in January 1965. It is Stephen Bowen's song. He owns it....

    " (Mandolin) – 2:02
  7. "De Colores
    De Colores
    "De Colores" is a traditional folk song that is well known throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The song was brought to the Americas from Spain during the 16th century. In modern times, the song frequently appears in collections of children's songs...

    " (Classical Guitar) – 2:58
  8. "The Banana Boat Song" (Day-O) (Electric Guitar) – 3:17
  9. "Knees up Mother Brown" (Banjo) – 1:28
  10. "Like Me and You" (Acoustic Guitar) – 3:07
  11. "Baby Beluga" (Acoustic Guitar) – 2:42
  12. "Shake My Sillies Out" (Electric Guitar) – 2:37
  13. "All I Really Need" (Electric Guitar) – 4:15
  14. "He's Got the Whole World/One Light, One Sun/This Little Light of Mine
    This Little Light of Mine
    "This Little Light of Mine" is a gospel children's song written by Harry Dixon Loes in about 1920. Loes, who studied at the Moody Bible Institute and the American Conservatory of Music, was a musical composer, and teacher, who wrote, and co-wrote, several other gospel songs. The song has since...

    " (Mandolin) – 4:00
  15. "The More We Get Together" (A Capella) – 0:46
  16. "Everything Grows" (Harmonica) – 3:09


Two songs on the VHS are not featured on the CD. They are "Fais do-do
Fais do-do
Fais do-do is a name for a Cajun dance party, originating before World War II. According to Mark Humphrey the parties were named for "the gentle command young mothers offered bawling infants." He quotes early Cajun musician Edwin Duhon of the Hackberry Ramblers, "She'd go to the cry room, give...

" and a medley of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," "Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (nursery rhyme)
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," and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." Another song that Raffi sings is "If You're Happy and You Know It
If You're Happy and You Know It
"If You're Happy and You Know It" is a popular repetitive children's song, stemming from an old Latvian folk song. The song is supposed to belong to the public domain, although many of the different versions of the song are still protected by copyright law...

," which is only available on the VHS.
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