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Two-time Parents Choice Award winning children's rock and roll recording artist DADDY A GO GO, a.k.a. Atlanta stay-at-home dad John Boydston, enthusiastically announces the release of his seventh studio CD, Come On, Get Happy (The Best of Daddy A Go Go, Volume 1). A 'greatest hits' album comprised of favorites from all six previous Daddy A Go Go CDs, Come On, Get Happy continues the Daddy A Go Go alterna-rock tradition of what Stomp & Stammer described as 'upbeat, wildly entertaining rave-ups, sing-alongs and silly puns that have endeared the group to kids (and their parents) nationwide.'
One of the earliest and more ardent practitioners of the kids rock music movement, former CNN producer John Boydston has been 'rocking out and raving on' for families since 1998. The acclaim has been both unanimous and tremendous. Five of Daddy A Go Go's six previous CDs have made Amazon.com's 'Best of the Year' critics list.
Monkey in the Middle and Mojo A Go Go have been honored with the prestigious Parents Choice Award. Newsweek Magazine describes Daddy A Go Go's music as 'wonderful and warm.' The Washington Post credited Daddy A Go Go with 'helping change the face of kids music by moving playroom tunes into the pop-rock era.' The New York Post enthused, 'This is one hip daddy!'
Kids music authority Warren Truitt (Kidsmusic.About.com, KidsMusicThatRocks.com) has characterized Boydston's albums as 'full of puns, parental pop music winks, and headbanging riffs ... John Boydston lets the jokes fly and the rock and roll thunder.'
Track One of Come On, Get Happy (The Best of Daddy A Go Go, Volume 1) is a rocking makeover of the Partridge Family theme, for which John Boydston says he 'took the wimpiness out, and left the sunshine in.' The album continues to roll out the rhythm with such numbers as the good time sing along Nana-Nana Boo-Boo, the infectious, bass-heavy twang rocker 'I Can Swing By Myself,' a talkin' blues number titled 'Daddy's Diaper Blues,' 'Do The Chores,' described by FamilyFun as 'a spirited screed against the crushing futility of tidying up,' and the audaciously packed-with-puns 'Pink Floyd Saves Hugh Manatee,' a song that rock legend Rick Derringer liked so much he covered it on his own 2007 release 'Rockin' American.' Says Derringer: Daddy A Go Go can rock with the big guys.
Jem Aswad in Time Out New York Kids writes, 'What separates Daddy A Go Go's John Boydston from the rest of the alt-kids pack is his unfettered willingness to rock: While many (if not most) others in his field seem to do so tentatively, fearful of offending tender ears, this Atlanta-based father seems to know intuitively that rock is practically encoded into kids' DNA; as a result, he has always embraced power chords and driving rhythms with glee.'
Explains Boydston, 'The reason for this Best of album is simple. In the past year and a half since my kids have become my live band, I've been reminded over and over why I got into this in the first place. Kids are natural rockers. I remember being on stage in Austin at Austin City Limits last year, looking at my son Max playing one of my leads and my other son Jake on the far side of the stage holding down the fort on bass, and I was just blown away. Who are these kids, and how did we get here? I had grown a lot musically since my early CDs, and I have since become nostalgic about those early days when I was putting these songs together. I've got a story for every song, and they all stem from something my kids said or did. These are things that happen to every kids and parent. I just happened to be in the songwriting mode back then.'
CD Details: Come On, Get Happy (The Best of Daddy A Go Go, Volume 1). For ages 1 4. Release date: April 7, 2009. 15 songs. Run time: 37 minutes.