Dan Zanes and Friends - Catch That Train Review

Please pinch me!  Dan Zanes has created music that I can listen to with my children and enjoy.  I love to dance around my living room with my toddler and sing his songs.  Yes, they are created for kids.  However Dan Zanes has realized the beauty of creating a kid-friendly song that isn't sugar coated and rolled in simple sounds.  Their music is catchy, easy to remember and danceable.

Dan Zanes, a former member of the 80s band the Del Fuegos has a mission to show everyone that all people can play together and feel good while doing it.  This message of diversity is found in every facet of his career.  First, his videos are filled with people from every background, age and race.  Second, his music includes many different influences, including a singer who calls himself "Father Goose" who lends a rastafarian, almost Tone Loc sound to the music.  His albums are filled with guest appearances (my favorite being Deborah Harry of Blondie fame).

Amazingly wonderful.  Never boring.  If your CD player just can't take another song about little red cars or wanting to be a puppy dog, give Dan Zanes and his friends a spin.  You won't be sorry.

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