Jumpin’ Jitters, It’s Halloween Digital Album

The Album

There are holiday albums for nearly every season, but Halloween records for children are rare. At long last, here is Jumpin’ Jitters, It’s Halloween! Johnette Downing stirs a brew of traditional and original slightly spooky, mostly silly Halloween songs for families. For over three decades, Downing has used these songs while teaching and performing early childhood music. The familiar “Five Little Pumpkins,” “Skin and Bones,” and “Dark Dark Night,” are paired with fan favorites such as her originals “Shake Your Skeleton,” “Little Bat Song,” and “Jumpin’ Jitters.” Joining vocalist, guitarist and ukulele player Johnette Downing on this spine-tingling and toe-bone-rattling album is a cast of monster musicians including harmonica player Scott Billington, violinist Gina Forsyth, accordionist Nathan Williams, guitarist Jake Eckert, keyboardist/organist C. R. Gruver, mandolin player E. J. Ouellette, bassist Lee Allen Zeno, and drummer Doug Belote. A student chorus from Whole Music School invites listeners to sing along.

The Songs

Shake Your Skeletons

Mean Old Witch

Little Bat Song

Skin and Bones

Five Little Pumpkins

Dry Bones

Scary Things

Goose Bumps

Hocus Pocus

Jack-O’-Lantern

Stirring My Brew

Where Is the Wicked Witch?

Dark Dark Night

Jumpin’ Jitters

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© (P) 2022 Johnette Downing

Wiggle Worm Records, ASCAP

P. O. Box 13367, New Orleans, LA 70185, USA

Administered by Concord Music Group

All Rights Reserved

The Team

All songs written, or adapted and arranged, by Johnette Downing

Co-produced by Johnette Downing and Scott Billington

Recorded by Steve Reynolds and Jake Eckert at the Rhythm Shack, New Orleans, Louisiana; Naylan Williams at Cha Cha Studios, Lafayette, Louisiana; and E. J. Ouellette at Whole Music Studios, Byfield, Massachusetts

Mixed by Steve Reynolds, Creede, Colorado

Mastered by Jeff Albert, New Orleans, Louisiana

Cut-paper collage cover art by Johnette Downing

Graphic design by Scott Billington and Johnette Downing

Partially funded by a generous grant from Threadhead Cultural Foundation.

The Musicians

Johnette Downing - vocals, guitar, ukulele, and percussion

Scott Billington – harmonica and backing vocals

C. R. Gruver – Wurlitzer piano and Hammond B3 organ

Gina Forsyth – violin

Nathan Williams – accordion

Jake Eckert – lead guitar

E. J. Ouellette – mandolin

Lee Allen Zeno – electric bass

Doug Belote – drums and percussion

Whole Music Student Chorus – Marissa O’Connor, John de Bernardo, Colin Porter, and Josie Porter.