14, AUGUST, 2006

FARMER JASON HAS LEFT THE BARN

Kid Rhino Is Rockin' In The Forest With Farmer Jason,
The Follow-Up to the Acclaimed Children's Debut,
A Day At The Farm with Farmer Jason, by Jason Ringenberg, Former Leader of Jason and The Scorchers

Both Discs Available September 26 from Kid Rhino

LOS ANGELES - It's anarchy in the pre-K as Farmer Jason harvests another bumper crop of sillybilly songs that rock harder than the terrible twos. After captivating ankle-biters and parents alike with his 2003 debut, A DAY AT THE FARM WITH FARMER JASON , Jason Ringenberg - of Jason and the Scorchers fame - returns with an infectious concept album for the young and young at heart. Kid Rhino fires up the tune tractor for an album filled with stick-in-your-head hooks and subtle life lessons with ROCKIN' IN THE FOREST WITH FARMER JASON. The album, and the reissue of A DAY AT THE FARM WITH FARMER JASON, will be available September 26 at regular retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested list price of $16.98 and $13.98, respectively.

Produced by George Bradfute, ROCKIN' IN THE FOREST WITH FARMER JASON contains 11 tracks that make it easy for both kids and parents to listen to the same music. Stylistically free ranging, the album shifts seamlessly from high energy punk rock to spaced out jazz. Farmer Jason--with producer Bradfute and studio ace Fats Kaplin--pull out crazy oddball guitars, Turkish ouds, and instruments with no legitimate names to give the album's production ethos a quality that can stand next to any adult "hipper than thou" indie rock or alternative country release.

Several guest stars heed Farmer Jason's cattle call including Todd Snider, who delivers a hilarious duet and dialogue on "He's A Moose On The Loose." Also joining in the fun is Bela Fleck And The Flecktones bassist Victor Wooten. He tags along with his kids--friends of Farmer Jason's young'uns--and joins in the gang chorus for "Punk Rock Skunk." Radio personality and Americana legend Webb Wilder also lends his mysterious harmonies and whacked-out raps.

With the 2003 release of A DAY AT THE FARM WITH FARMER JASON, internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg created his children's music character Farmer Jason. With two sweet, beautiful preschool daughters missing Daddy Jason during his 200 tour dates a year, Jason wanted to create a CD that his kids could listen to while he was out globetrotting.   Having grown up on a hog farm in Illinois, and living with his family on a small farm in Tennessee, he reckoned that a roots-oriented CD about farming and farm animals was just the ticket. And just like that, Farmer Jason was born.

Drawing sell-out crowds to his children's concerts in venues ranging from schools to libraries to punk rock clubs, Farmer Jason garnered praise for "sounding as excited as a Captain Crunched 6-year-old on Saturday morning, Farmer Jason dares you not to sing along. Resistance if utterly futile" ( No Depression ), and Disney's Family Fun magazine coined A DAY AT THE FARM "one of the Top 5 kids' CDs of 2003."

With Jason and the Scorchers, he pioneered the fusion of punk rock and country that turned the music world on its ear in the mid-1980s. Their first record, Lost And Found , still shows up on critics' "best of the 1980s" lists. The band is also featured in an exhibit at the Country Music Hall Of Fame.  

Farmer Jason recently signed with Lionsgate Music & Publishing, reuniting him with Jay Faires, president of Lionsgate Music & Publishing and former founder/owner of Mammoth Records, which worked with Jason and the Scorchers throughout the '90s.  

Kid Rhino, a division of Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment, programs quality music and audio releases designed to expand children's horizons and entertain both young and old, providing music for "the kid in us all."   Since 1991, Kid Rhino has been creating family entertainment products for younger listeners and the young-at-heart, providing an experience that parents share with their children . The release of ROCKIN' IN THE FOREST and A DAY AT THE FARM brings a renewed focus to the division, which plans to release between eight and ten new kids titles in the next year.

ROCKIN' IN THE FOREST WITH FARMER JASON

Track Listing

01  "The Forest Oh!"
02  "Punk Rock Skunk" (with Victor Wooten and Webb Wilder)
03  "Ode To A Toad"
04  "Mrs. Mouse"
05  "Forest Rhymes"
06  "He's A Moose On The Loose" (with Todd Snider)
07  "Arrowhead"
08  "Catfish Song"
09  "Opossum In A Pocket"
10  "A Butterfly Speaks"
11  "The Old Oak Tree"

A DAY AT THE FARM WITH FARMER JASON

Track Listing

01  "Get Up Up Up!"
02  "A Guitar Pickin' Chicken"
03  "Whoa There Pony"
04  "The Tractor Goes Chug Chug Chug"
05  "I'm Just An Old Cow"
06  "He's A Hog Hog Hog"
07  "The Doggie Dance"
08  "Little Kitty"
09  "Corny Corn"
10  "Hey Little Lamb"
11  "Sundown On The Farm" (with Tahra Degree)