An educational rock band for kids made up of four guys who were raised on Schoolhouse Rock, the Pixies, Professor Longhair, the Band, the Muppets, and Tom Waits.

13 MP3 Songs
KIDS/FAMILY: General Children's Music, POP: Quirky



Details:
The Deedle Deedle Dees
Freedom in a Box
A FREE COLORING BOOK featuring lyrics and lots of pictures comes with every CD. You'll get the CD itself from CDBaby then we'll mail you the book about a week later.

all songs: words & music by Lloyd Miller,
except "Henry Box Brown" words & music by Lloyd Miller and Paul Reyes; "Underground Railroad" music by Anand Mukherjee and Tavo Carbone, words by Lloyd Miller

all arrangements by Chris Johnson, Ely Levin, Anand Mukherjee, and Lloyd Miller

1. Nellie Bly
An old-timey call-and-response tune about the famous reporter's trip around the world. Listen for the kids chorus, made up of members of the middle-school band Ulysses S. Dee put together for a rock musical production of Midsummer Night's Dream.

2 Rancher Ants
The truth about ant farms.

3. Henry Box Brown
This guy mailed himself to freedom from slavery in a box! This clunky, Tom Waits-inspired tune is our way to showing our admiration.

4. Obedience School
A bad dog gets an education in this raucous punk rock number, a favorite of the students in Ulysses' toddler rock classes.

5. Play Your Hand
An interactive staple of Ulysses' classes and singalongs, possibly our most popular song.

6. Teddy Days
A celebration of the action-packed days of one of America's great overachievers, Theodore Roosevelt.

7. Vegetarian Tyrannosaurus Rex
"When you're a vegetarian tyrannosaurus rex, it's very hard to get dinosaur respect." This song usually turns our shows into a huge running, growling re-enactment of prehistory.

8. Aaron Burr
The story of his infamous duel with Alexander Hamilton, told via a country chorus and hip hop verses.

9. Drum!
Our fans are obsessed with drums. We scream our approval Frank Black-style in this very silly song.

10. Underground Railroad
A high-speed, banjo-and-guitar pickin' shout out to Harriet Tubman and the many many places her railroad to freedom made stops.

11. Baldy
Baldy survived 14 gunshot wounds as General George Meade's reliable mount throughout the Civil War. In this country hip hop jam, he raps his story-- and his complaints. Baldy is voiced by Jim Paul, leader of Undersea Explosion, a popular NYC garage band. You can find their album and more info about them right here on CDBaby.

12. Tantrum
A true story about a tiny Dees fan who got very upset on the subway ride to our show and had to be taken home. Guest lead vocals by eighth-grader Parker Ash, ex-leader of the now sadly broken-up local rock band Pony and lead guitarist for the aforementioned Midsummer Night's Dream band.

13. Major Deegan
A melancholy salute to New York's crowded roadways.