After seeing the Ditty Bops at the Ark in Ann Arbor last Friday I can guarantee one thing: I’ll never miss a future Ditty Bops performance that’s within reasonable driving distance again (and if I had the means I’d see every performance in the Great Lakes region (plus Portland)).
I was hoping to buy a copy of their last calendar, which is no longer available on their Web site, but I didn’t see any for sale after the show. I was, however, able to buy their latest CD, Songs for Steve, and a CD from 2007 that I didn’t even know existed, Pack Rat. I think that makes my Ditty Bops collection complete at five CDs.
Several of the songs they performed have not yet been recorded, and two were songs made famous by the Boswell Sisters. If they would release a Boswell Sisters tribute CD I would be in seventh heaven. Do you hear me, Ditty Bops? Seventh heaven! Their rendition of Shout, Sister, Shout! was a burst of joy that still makes me smile, and their finale (the title of which I sadly do not know) was an indescribable, explosive delight. Please, please record these songs!
That is all. For now.