Caspar Babypants Duets!

Chris Ballew, AKA Caspar Babypants is drinking from the same water his Seattle compatriots Recess Monkey do -- this fall he'll be releasing his third album in only about 24 months. Due out November 2, it's called This Is Fun! and he's recruited an intriguing set of musicians to join him on a few tracks. He's not quite in Frank Sinatra/Santana territory in terms of number of duets, but still...

Elizabeth Mitchell (who is an increasingly popular presence on other family musicians' albums) sings with Ballew on a song by him and his son called "Dark of Night." Charlie Hope sings with him on one of my favorite traditional kids' songs, "Mister Rabbit." And while This Is Fun! won't be the first kids album to feature a rendition of the Nirvana song "Sliver" ("Grandma take me home... grandma take me home...), it will be the first to feature a member of, well, Nirvana. Yes, Krist Novoselic will be playing bass on the track.

So, whoo! (And while you're at it, check out the new track "Happy Heart" at the Caspar Babypants website. Continued good stuff.)

Comments

[caspar babypants]

yay for singing with friends!!who did Sliver before me? I didnt know that it was already out there...caspar

[Stefan]

Chris, the Asylum Street Spankers covered it with a bluegrass spin on their kids' album, Mommy Says NO!, a few years back.

[Pam]

I got my copy of this cd last week from the Caspar Babypants website. My 2 yr old daughter and I love it! Mister Rabbit is her very favorite so far along with Baby's Getting Up, Buckeye Jim, Look at All These Elephants and Tumble. I hear "I want that again!" after all of them. Wonderful, wonderful stuff!