Conductor Jack
Toot! Toot! Get ready to sing and hop with Conductor Jack and the Zinghoppers for an old-time, foot-stompin', hand-clappin', organic, feel-good hootenanny just for preschoolers and their families!

Information

Members:
CONDUCTOR JACK AND THE ZINGHOPPERS:

Conductor Jack
Penelope The Possum
Olo The Donkey
Coconuts The Kangaroo
Genre:
Children's Music
Hometown:
Cookeville, Tennessee
Record Label:
Wonderiffic Records

Fans

6 of 63 fansSee All

Photos

2 of 3 albumsSee All

Wall PhotosUpdated about a week ago
CJ&Z - On The RoadUpdated about a month ago

Discography

 
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Moms/dads/caregivers (of preschoolers) - I NEED your FEEDBACK! We're writing a country song about getting ready for preschool. So my wife Kitty just wrote a line: "IT'S TIME FOR BREAKFAST, A YUMMY MEAL, IT'S TIME TO GO SEE MY PEEPS, WHO ARE KEEPIN' IT REAL". She doesn't like that line, but I do. What do y'all think? Is the "peeps & keepin' it real" line o.k. for a preschool song? We'd LOVE your opinions? Thanks!

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack 63 awesome, great amazing, wonderiffic fans! Remember we're in the midst of a facebook fan drive...a race to 101 fans! Fan #101 gets a free autographed CD by all of the Zinghoppers. Fans 1-100 will have their names thrown into my conductor hat and we'll draw one winner for another CD giveaway. Toot! Toot! Thanks!

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack This land is your land, this land is my land / From California to the New York Island / From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters / This land was made for you and me. / As I went walking that ribbon of highway / I saw above me that endless skyway / I saw below me that golden valley / This land was made for you and me...happy 4th of July, y'all! Have a safe, fun and hoppy happy day!

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Tomorrow, Friday 7/3 I'll be playing at Whole Foods in Green Hills (Nashville). 9:30 AM. These shows are always really fun. At the cafe, you can pick up healthy snacks for children & coffee for parents - plus there's plenty of room for dancing, singing and of course - hopping! We'll also sing a few "This Land Is Your Land"-type songs...just to get in the spirit of the weekend! I hope to see you there! Toot! Toot!

Source: www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Store Team Leader: Harold LewisAssociate Store Team Leader: Jason StonicherAssociate Store Team Leader: Melissa ArnettFront End Team Leader: Eric StearnsProduce Team Leader: Henry HerbertSeafood Team Leader: ...
Linda
Linda
He's practicing the Star Spangled Banner... and Hot Potato.
Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
i finally learned "hot potato" this morning!
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Ii'm very excited to be playing a hometown show tomorrow (Thursday 7/2 10:00 AM) at Wiggle Time in Cookeville. Wiggle Time is a soft-play gym for children 3 months to 5 years, my show is free with paid admission to play ($6) and parents are free. Here's a link to their website: http://www.wiggle-time.com/

Source: www.wiggle-time.com
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack wow 13 new fans in 24 hours. way to go!!!!!! remember fan #101 gets a free autographed cd AND fans 1-100 will be entered into a drawing for a free one as well. we need your support & love y'all! from, jack, kitty, doolittle (webmaster dog), penelope, olo, and coconuts and wonderiffic records! ;)

Joel Reese

Joel Reese I'm really happy to see how you are sharing your gifts with the families in Tennessee!
I sure miss it there and especially all my friends. I miss those fireflies you sing about too!

Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
There's nothing quite like the fireflies in Tennessee. I'd chose them over Minnesota mosquitoes any day!
Mike Schoenberger

Mike Schoenberger Hey Jack... our family has moved to Memphis and we just saw we missed you at the library last week...

Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
I'll be playing the Germantown Performing Arts Centre on October 10 in the morning. I'll let you know if we book anything in Memphis area before then! Hope y'all get settled and enjoy Memphis...I love it there!
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack THE RACE TO 101...hi y'all. I don't really promote this page as much as I should, but I'm trying to get at least 50 new "fans" as soon as possible so I can get a reasonable page address (right now its: www.facebook.com/pages/Conductor-Jack/21764774895). I must have 100+ fans in order to do this. I know they're out there, so please help me spread the word. As a special thank you the 101 fan gets a FREE autographed CD!

Few "children's musicians" can boast that Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams are fans of their work, or that Tiny Tim was their mentor and ukulele instructor, but then again few...
Musician:63 fans
Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
KITTY JUST ADDED THIS SHOCKING, LATE BREAKING NEWS...Once we reach 101 "fans" EVERYONE'S name will be included for a random drawing of another autographed CD. It's also confirmed that Olo The Donkey, Coconuts The Kangaroo and Penelope The Possum will autograph the CDs as well. So there you go: Fan #101 AND a random fan will EACH win! WOW!!! ;)
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Hometown show tomorrow (6/26)...10:00 AM at the Cookeville Children's Museum! Should be nothing but FUN! Also a note to all Cookietowners, I'll be playing at Wiggle Time next Thursday (7/2) at 10:00 AM.

Heather
Heather
We will see you at the Apple Tree today:)
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack taking the happy train to clarksville, i'll be waiting by the station...or the library...at 10am & 2pm. witty monkees reference, yes? ;)

Beth
Beth
Take the last train to Clarksville and I'll meet you at the station...
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Very excited about today's shows. 10:30 AM Green Hills Public Library and 1:30 PM Thompson Lane Branch Library. Both in Nashville. Both guaranteed to be fun, fun, fun!!!!

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Pix, blog, etc coming very soon. But I wanted to take a minute and wish all the dads a happy father's day!

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Toot! Toot! BIG show tomorrow in Memphis Town. We're playing a band show at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park. I'll have my friends Adrienne (fiddle), Lisa (bass/banjo/mando) & Penelope The Possum with me. Elvis played the first ever rock&roll show on the very same stage way back in 1954. It's an honor to be there tomorrow, and we're soooo excited. My blue suede shoes are packed, the hound dog is barking! Yee-haw!!!

Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
http://www.levittshell.org/history.cfm - for more info on this awesome venue!!! ;)
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Whew, don't know HOW I'm gonna update y'all on the fun & amazing shows I've been playing - but trust me, they have ALL been fun AND amazing! ;) tomorrow i'm playing at the library in Hermitage (2pm) & a very special show at the Cheekwood Gardens in Nashville at 6:30pm. hope to see you soon!

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack yeah y'all! i'm without regular internet access while on the road for the next few days. but still here, with lots on my mind (not really, but i'm quoting facebook) and wishing you all the best! ;) toot! toot! tomorrow is mt. juliet & brentwood & hermitage! see you in nashvegas!!!

Heather McIntyre Duggan

Heather McIntyre Duggan SOS! Our wooden whistle that was personally autographed by and that Sean Patrick just learned how to blow by himself was eaten by the puppy:/ Do you still have more in stock? Please let me know as soon as you can b/c he has not realized that it is gone yet! Thanks a million.

Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
That's a toot toot emergency, indeed. Email your mailing address to my wife Kitty (kitty@jacknorton.net) & we'll see to it a care package gets mailed out soon. Puppies & train whistles don't mix, do they? ;) Jack
Heather
Heather
Thanks a million!
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Toot! Toot! So excited to be playing in 2 brand new Tennessee cities. New to this Minnesota boy at least! Tomorrow I'm playing in the Public Library in Dresden (10AM) & at the City Park in Ripley (2PM). See you soon - and bring yer dancin' shoes! ;)

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Hello from historic Bardstown, Kentucky. They didn't have a Starbucks back in 1780 & they still don't today. This is where Stephen Foster, Daniel Boone, Jesse James and Abraham Lincoln all converged back in the day. This is the town that inspired Foster's song, "My Old KY Home"! Hope you all have a safe & fun weekend! PS - Kitty & I are going to Honest Abe's boyhood home after the shows tomorrow!

Mandy Ray Jones

Mandy Ray Jones Great meeting you today Conductor Jack! Thanks for a great time. I blogged about seeing you at the library today! http://mandyray.blogspot.com/2009/06/summer-readin-had-me-blast.html

Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
Hi Mandy! Great to meet y'all! Thanks for coming to the show - and for the shout-out in your blog! ;)
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Hope to see y'all at Whole Foods Green Hills (Nashville) 9:30 AM, today. Free!

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack hi everybody! well we've drove back & forth east & west north & south & tomorrow i'm heading to nashvegas! yup, 2 shows in the nashville area tomorrow. 9:30 AM at whole foods in nashville (green hills store). then murfreesboro public library that afternoon. hope to see y'all soon! ;)

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack we're rolling on to milan and jackson. yes, jackson, where it's hotter than a pepper sprout.

Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack Cookeville friends: I just posted a new blog at: http://www.jacknorton.net/FriendlyBlog.html regarding the sad news at the CCM. Please take a minute to read & respond. Our thoughts & prayers are with the family of the victims. Although this crime did not occur during one of my shows at the Museum, it is on my heart & I would very much like to hear from you regarding your thoughts on child safety at my shows. Thanks!

Source: www.jacknorton.net
Conductor Jack of the Zinghoppers: children's music & family-folk
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack hi everyone! today i have shows in celina, smithville & nashville. all libraries: all fun! :)

Michael
Michael
You are living out Travelin Man :) Bob Seger version!
Conductor Jack
Conductor Jack
but how can you beat the ricky nelson version?! we were just listening to ricky's "garden party" - what a song! ;)
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack http://www.ucdailynews.com/news/local/45925507.html

This is a great little news clip from Upper Cumberland Daily News. It's funny, awesome, and goofy all in one! From last week's show at the Cookeville Children's Museum.

Source: www.ucdailynews.com
Conductor Jack

Conductor Jack hey everyone! just thought i'd mention i'm going to be working the phones tonight from 9p to 12a at the great tv auction here in cookeville, tenn. it's all to benefit our awesome pbs affiliate, wcte tv! for info check out: wcte.org. kitty may be back in time to work the phones too, so call if you're in the viewing area. i know wcte appreciates whatever support you can offer! ;)