Dan Zanes, Tom Chapin, Justin Roberts, Ralph Covert, James Taylor, Steve Goodman, Count Basie, B.B. King, Jackson Browne, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Steve Goodman, The Beatles, Hank Williams
Sounds Like
Dan Zanes, Justin Roberts, Tom Chapin, Ralph Covert
The mysterious, multi-instrumental Loose Caboose Band is made up of Chicago-based brothers Bill and Joe Carey. Real estate investors by day and musician/songwriters by night, the Carey Brothers created the Loose Caboose Band back in 1997 in order to record and perform their fun, fingersnapping "caboose-tastic" original songs for children. Their first CD, "The Caboose is Loose" was released in 2000 and is still available at cdbaby.com, amazon.com and iTunes. Two songs from this CD ("Toothbrush Train" and "Pumpkin Time") advanced to the second round of judging in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition in Nashville, Tennessee! A second CD of toe-tapping original children's songs, "Mighty Big Broom," has just been released by Loose Caboose Records in February 2008. This new CD is also available from cdbaby.com, iTunes and amazon.com.
Big News--our 2008 "Mighty Big Broom" CD has been listed on the 51st Grammy Awards first ballot in the Best Children's Album and Best CD Packaging categories! Hurrah!
To easily order these two terrific Loose Caboose Band CDs (or digital song downloads from each CD), go to www.loosecabooseband.com and click on the links there for cdbaby.com and amazon.com!
"I had a car filled with 10-11 year old boys yesterday when I announced the surprise that we had music none of them had heard yet. I said we'd be rating the best songs and that I would have the 'results' sent to the composers. You both have resounding and consistent 'thumbs ups' from a rather difficult audience. The car rocked with movement when it should have, but more impressively, they commented on the lyrics as being 'quite clever!" (The 'Lego' song really struck a chord.) Well done on an excellent job..a stunning new release." Maureen O. (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Five Stars. Two thumbs up. Four years in the making, and the brothers Carey (Loose Caboose Band), have hit it out of the park. Took Ma, both Grandmas, and a couple of cookies to make the first haircut go smooth; took Joe & Bill Carey to render everyday happenings into full blown slices of sweet family life." Cathy C.
