Little April Shower

To start off the week, I'm sharing with you a track from the 1998 album HEIGH-HO BANJO, BLUEGRASS SALUTES FAVORITE DISNEY SONGS. This album is full of well put together instrumental arrangements of the most popular Disney songs, plus a few that are not often covered, such as this one: Bambi's Little April Shower.

There are many studio musicians that have come together to create this album, including Mike Toppins, Glen Duncan, Billy Troy, Jim Brown, James Freeze, David Chase. Every time I post one of these songs, I will highlight one of the musicians.

Information on studio musicians is often hard to find. This is what I have found out about MIKE TOPPINS: He is an expert banjo and steel guitar player that has been recording with bluegrass and country artists since as early as the mid 70s. He is also quite familiar with the dobro, and various styles of guitar playing. He is also a mixer and engineer, a few skills that are often picked up if being in the studio is your full time job.

Toppins has been a force behind many bluegrass tribute albums and other banjo and bluegrass collections, strutting his excellent picking ability. Most recently he has been working with popular country songwriter BILL ANDERSON. I hope you enjoy his excellent picking in this song, especially when they kick it into high gear two-thirds into the song!