Search - Artist/Band: Dan Zanes

• Name: Dan Zanes
• Birthday: 1961
• Birth Place: Exeter, NH
• Decades Active: 1990,2000
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Children's Folk, Roots Rock, Children's Rock, Sing-Alongs, Children's Songwriters
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Cheerful, Earnest, Earthy, Fun, Playful, Rollicking, Rousing, Sweet, Wistful

Title	Release
76 Trombones WA	11/17/2009
The Welcome Table! Songs of Inspiration, Mystery & Good Times WA	02/10/2009
Catch That Train! WA	05/16/2006
Parades and Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected by Carl Sandburg WA	09/14/2004
Sea Music WA	04/27/2004
House Party WA	10/07/2003
Night Time WA	10/01/2002
Family Dance WA	07/30/2002
Rocket Ship Beach WA	07/31/2001
Cool Down Time WA	11/1995

After years of rocking in the 1980s with the Del Fuegos, singer/songwriter Dan Zanes created his own band, the Dan Zanes Trio, in 1994. The group got started when Zanes was hanging out with producer Mitchell Froom in lower Manhattan; after adding drummer Jerry Marotta, they began playing their minimalist, sparse blues and folk-rock to small crowds in small clubs like CBGB's Gallery. Produced by Froom, the trio's debut LP Cool Down Time -- a raw rock effort influenced by '60s-era r&b -- appeared in 1995. In 2001, Zanes resurfaced with the children's folk-tinged Rocket Ship Beach, featuring "friends" Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, Donald Saaf, Rankin Don, and The Sandy Girls. Zanes continued his Dan Zanes & Friends children's series in 2002 with the release of Family Dance and Night Time. House Party followed in 2003, Sea Music and Parades and Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected by Carl Sandburg arrived in 2004, and Catch That Train! landed the following year. Zanes released Nueva York! in 2008, a collection of songs from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic, followed by 76 Trombones, a collection of Broadway tunes in 2009. ~ Richard Skelly, All Music Guide