Father Goose Discography of CDs

Father Goose CD discography Recording information: Festival Five Studios. Illustrator: Donald Saaf. Arrangers: Dan Zanes; Wayne "Rankin Don" "Father Goose" Rhoden. Personnel: Dan Zanes (vocals, guitar); Rob Friedman (vocals, lap steel guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, pump organ, background vocals); Judith Murray, Barbara Brousal, Sheryl Crow (vocals); Soup Bone (banjo); Elena Moon Park (violin); John Foti (accordion); Roy Nathanson (saxophone); Curtis Fowlkes (trombone); George Rush (tuba); Colin Brooks (drums); Tricia Alleyne, Janet Alleyne (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Dan Zanes; Rob Friedman; ...

Father Goose albums Dan Zanes has certainly come a long way from those sepia-toned days in the '80s, when he fronted boozy alternative rockers the Del Fuegos. The new millennium found him trying to reconcile the seemingly disparate strands of family life (as a devoted father) and his artistic ambitions. He solved the conundrum by recording "family-friendly" albums in his basement and releasing them on his own label. These are clearly songs aimed at kids -- but they are well crafted enough to be equally enjoyable for adults. For this album, Zanes sought to undertake some themes ...

Father Goose CD discography Fans who have followed Dan Zanes since 2001's Rocket Ship Beach probably noticed that the usual hubbub didn't attend the release of his 2004 album Sea Music. That was by design -- Zanes wasn't sure a crowd accustomed to "Polly Wolly Doodle" could handle songs not aimed squarely at kids (drinking and general debauchery were among the subjects). He was wrong, of course -- Sea Music is among his mostly highly regarded discs -- and one hopes the lesson will lead to the masses discovering Parades and Panoramas, possibly ...