The Petra Zone

I was just playing with my daughter and listening to the Return to Pooh Corner CD by Kenny Loggins. The thought occurred to me: John could do that. I think it would be really cool if John recorded a children's album. We all know that John can sing with the tenderness required for a good children's lullaby album. Plus most Petra fans these days have children, and you know they'd all buy one.

I find that right now, most Christian children's music is sung by children. I'd be nice to have a quality recording done by a quality singer. I think John could totally pull this off, and it would open him up to an entirely new demographic. If he wanted he could even collaborate with Bob. I think John Lawry's keyboards would fit well on a project like that too, so he could guest on at least a couple of tracks.

Sue, now that you're his manager, you could mention that idea to him. If you think it's a good idea, that is.

Hehehe.... I'm really not John's manager - at least not officially.

Very interesting idea... what kinds of songs are on this album? My 'child' is 21, so I'm not very familiar with the kid stuff any more.

Are the original songs - standard lullabys, or fun kid stuff?

Randy Stonehill did a great children cd called Uncle Stonehill's Hat. If you come across it. Pick it up. You wont be disappointed.

I'm trying to picture John singing "The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round..."

Mountain Man wrote:I'm trying to picture John singing "The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round..."

"Two" funny!

Yeah, he could pull off a children's CD. I would advise against a video though. The faces he makes when he sings would frighten the tar out of little children.

Mountain Man wrote:I'm trying to picture John singing "The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round..."

Dude, I can SO picture that. Easy. Of course, I was there for the tour when he sang the song about the "dog named Bob and the pony named Pete"...

I wasn't exactly thinking of Wheels on the Bus type of stuff. The Kenny Loggins album contains songs that are kid-oriented, but that kids and adults can both enjoy, like The Rainbow Connection and stuff like that. Songs about Winnie the Pooh, ponies, and unicorns. Take a listen here to see what I mean.

http://www.amazon.com/Return-Pooh-Corne ... F8&s=music