If you’ve heard the incredibly cool conversation between Life of Dad’s Art Eddy and the talented rocker Andrew McMahon on Life of Dad’s flagship podcast (and if you haven’t, you should), you probably already know and love the song “Cecilia and the Satellite”. Andrew wrote that beauty for his daughter but he isn’t the only rock-n-roll dad making music for and about his kids.
Kindie folk troubadour Red Yarn is a Portland, Oregon based performer who fuses passion and puppets into one of the most dynamic live acts for families in the county. He’s got a new album out now called Born In The Deep Woods and the first single and video is something you need to stop whatever it is you are doing, gather up your small children, and watch immediately. Why? Because Lewis, the singer’s 3-year-old cutie, steals the show as he plays drums adorably, gets a musical history lesson alongside a gaggle of forest animals, and runs away from and chases his daddy Andy Furgeson aka Red Yarn while wearing handmade mockingbird feathers.
If you need a smile today, here’s where to find one, by watching a “sweet little baby gonna rock-n-roll” on Red Yarn’s “Mockingbird”:
Red Yarn photo by Aaron Hewitt