专辑简介

Danny Weinkauf, Grammy winner and longtime bassist for They Might Be Giants releases his 2nd children's music album, Red Pants Band. Power packed with 15 infectiously catchy and memorable tunes, Danny introduces the listener to intelligent, fun, and educational topics from cloud science and botany to astronomy and individuality. Featuring 6 different singers and a wide range of styles Red Pants Band is fun for the whole family!

Danny's previous album No School Today won multiple awards and accolades and included the hit songs "Champion of the Spelling Bee", "The Moon is made of Cheese", and "Our Love Fits" (feat. Laurie Berkner).

Guest performers include the woman behind several TMBG hits Robin Goldwasser, Beach Boys musical director Scott Totten, Danny's wife Michelle and son Kai, and Red Pants Band's own Tina Kenny Jones. 2 of the albums tracks, "Only One You" and "Picky Eaters", have already received extensive play on KIds Place Live and terrestrial radio stations world wide.

In addition to No School Today and several follow up singles, Danny has written several songs for They Might Be Giants' children's albums including "Number Two" from the Grammy-winning Here Come the 123s, "I am a Paleontologist" from the Grammy-nominated Here Comes Science, and "Where do they make Balloons?" from the critically-acclaimed No!. This past year he contributed "Elephants" to the TMBG album Why? and produced a video for his song "B is for build" for an upcoming episode of Sesame Street.