Ballew's first brush with children's music came in 2002, when he recorded and donated an album of traditional children's songs to the nonprofit Program for Early Parent Support titled "PEPS Sing A Long!" Although that was a positive experience for him, he did not consider making music for families until he met his wife, collage artist Kate Endle.[1] Her art inspired Ballew to consider making music that "sounded like her art looked" as he has said. Ballew began writing original songs and digging up nursery rhymes and folk songs in the public domain to interpret and make his own.[2] The first album, Here I Am!, was recorded during the summer of 2008 and released in February 2009.
Ballew began to perform solo as Caspar Babypants in the Seattle area in January 2009. Fred Northup, a Seattle-based comedy improvisor, heard the album and offered to play as his live percussionist. Northrup also suggested his frequent collaborator Ron Hippe as a keyboard player. "Frederick Babyshirt" and "Ronald Babyshoes" were the Caspar Babypants live band from May 2009 to April 2012. Both Northup and Hippe appear on some of his recordings but since April 2012 Caspar Babypants has exclusively performed solo. The reasons for the change were to include more improvisation in the show and to reduce the sound levels so that very young children and newborns could continue to attend without being overstimulated.
Ballew has made two albums of Beatles covers as Caspar Babypants. Baby Beatles! came out in September 2013 and Beatles Baby! came out in September 2015.
Ballew runs the Aurora Elephant Music record label, books shows, produces, records, and masters the albums himself. Distribution for the albums is handled by Burnside Distribution in Portland, Oregon.
Caspar Babypants has released a total of 17 albums. The 17th album, BUG OUT!, was released on May 1, 2020. His album FLYING HIGH! was nominated for a Grammy Award for Children's. All 17 of the albums feature cover art by Ballew's wife, Kate Endle.
"FUN FAVORITES!" and "HAPPY HITS!" are two vinyl-only collections of hit songs that Caspar Babypants has released in the last couple of years.
Discographyedit
Albums
PEPS (2002)
Here I Am! (Released 03/17/09) Special guests: Jen Wood, Fysah Thomas
More Please! (Released 12/15/09) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe
Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti CD (released 2010) – Compilation of various artists
Songs Stories And Friends: Let's Go Play – Charlie Hope (released 2011) – vocals on Alouette
Shake It Up, Shake It Off (released 2012) – Compilation of various artists
Keep Hoping Machine Running – Songs Of Woody Guthrie (released 2012) – Compilation of various artists
Apple Apple – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2013) – vocals on Monkey Love
Simpatico – Rennee and Friends (released 2015) – writer and vocals on I Am Not Afraid
Sundrops – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2015) – vocals on Digga Dog Kid
Referencesedit
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Caspar Babypants news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children s music artist Chris Ballew who is also the vocalist and bassist of The Presidents of the United States of America Caspar BabypantsCaspar Babypants performing in Medina Washington 2011Background informationOriginSeattle Washington USGenresChildren s musicYears active2009 presentLabelsAurora Elephant MusicMembersChris BallewPast membersRon Hippe Fred NorthupWebsitebabypantsmusic wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksHistory editBallew s first brush with children s music came in 2002 when he recorded and donated an album of traditional children s songs to the nonprofit Program for Early Parent Support titled PEPS Sing A Long Although that was a positive experience for him he did not consider making music for families until he met his wife collage artist Kate Endle 1 Her art inspired Ballew to consider making music that sounded like her art looked as he has said Ballew began writing original songs and digging up nursery rhymes and folk songs in the public domain to interpret and make his own 2 The first album Here I Am was recorded during the summer of 2008 and released in February 2009 Ballew began to perform solo as Caspar Babypants in the Seattle area in January 2009 Fred Northup a Seattle based comedy improvisor heard the album and offered to play as his live percussionist Northrup also suggested his frequent collaborator Ron Hippe as a keyboard player Frederick Babyshirt and Ronald Babyshoes were the Caspar Babypants live band from May 2009 to April 2012 Both Northup and Hippe appear on some of his recordings but since April 2012 Caspar Babypants has exclusively performed solo The reasons for the change were to include more improvisation in the show and to reduce the sound levels so that very young children and newborns could continue to attend without being overstimulated Ballew has made two albums of Beatles covers as Caspar Babypants Baby Beatles came out in September 2013 and Beatles Baby came out in September 2015 Ballew runs the Aurora Elephant Music record label books shows produces records and masters the albums himself Distribution for the albums is handled by Burnside Distribution in Portland Oregon Caspar Babypants has released a total of 17 albums The 17th album BUG OUT was released on May 1 2020 His album FLYING HIGH was nominated for a Grammy Award for Children s All 17 of the albums feature cover art by Ballew s wife Kate Endle FUN FAVORITES and HAPPY HITS are two vinyl only collections of hit songs that Caspar Babypants has released in the last couple of years Discography editAlbumsPEPS 2002 Here I Am Released 03 17 09 Special guests Jen Wood Fysah Thomas More Please Released 12 15 09 Special guests Fred Northup Ron Hippe This Is Fun Released 11 02 10 Special guests Fred Northup Ron Hippe Krist Novoselic Charlie Hope Sing Along Released 08 16 11 Special guests Fred Northup Ron Hippe Weird Al Yankovic Stone Gossard Frances England Rachel Loshak Hot Dog Released 04 17 12 Special guests Fred Northup Ron Hippe Rachel Flotard Visqueen I Found You Released 12 18 12 Special guests Steve Turner Mudhoney Rachel Flotard Visqueen John Richards Baby Beatles Released 09 15 13 Rise And Shine Released 09 16 14 Night Night Released 03 17 15 Beatles Baby Released 09 18 2015 Away We Go Released 08 12 2016 Winter Party Released 11 18 16 Jump For Joy Released 08 18 17 Sleep Tight Released 01 19 18 Keep It Real Released 08 17 18 Best Beatles Released 03 29 19 Flying High Released 08 16 19 Bug Out released 05 1 20 Happy Heart Released 11 13 20 Easy Breezy Released 11 05 21 AppearancesMany Hands Family Music for Haiti CD released 2010 Compilation of various artists Songs Stories And Friends Let s Go Play Charlie Hope released 2011 vocals on Alouette Shake It Up Shake It Off released 2012 Compilation of various artists Keep Hoping Machine Running Songs Of Woody Guthrie released 2012 Compilation of various artists Apple Apple The Harmonica Pocket released 2013 vocals on Monkey Love Simpatico Rennee and Friends released 2015 writer and vocals on I Am Not Afraid Sundrops The Harmonica Pocket released 2015 vocals on Digga Dog KidReferences edit Exclusive Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America aka Caspar Babypants archived from the original on 2010 07 18 retrieved 2010 09 06 Chris Ballew s Back With Caspar Babypants archived from the original on 2009 05 05 retrieved 2010 09 06External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caspar Babypants Official Site Album Artist Kate Endle Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Caspar Babypants amp oldid 1184643492, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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