Recordings

Troubadour

2018
Don’t Call Me Early in the Morning
  1. Don’t Call Me Early in the Morning
  2. Ten Men
  3. How Legends Are Made
  4. Giants
  5. The Crawl
  6. Lessons from Pete
  7. Louise
  8. Giant
  9. Rosie is a Friend of Mine
  10. The Baby Smokers
  11. False From True

Dave Fry’s latest folk album “Troubadour” is a polished and mature collection of Dave’s current repertoire, featuring blues, old-school country, folk rock, and Celtic music, as well as original songwriting and Americana styles. Along with Dave’s original music, other songwriters include Pete Seeger, John Gorka, David Mallett, Tommy Sands and Stan Rogers.

Erik Balkey (Hudson Harding Music – folk radio promoter):  “Each song has a different tempo and feel … with great engaging vocal performances.”

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The Longest Night of the Year

2018
Cool Yule
  1. Cool Yule
  2. Cool Yule

I have a Christmas tune – “Cool Yule” by Louis Armstrong, featuring trombonist Rob Stoneback – on a new two-disc compilation called “The Longest Night of the Year: Volume One.” There are 32 folk artists, including Christine Lavin, Noel Paul Stookey, Suzzy Roche, Carolann Solebello, David Roth and others, included on this nationally distributed holiday project. I have a limited number available here on my website, at my gigs and at Godfrey Daniels.

Playground

2013
Playground
  1. Playground
  2. Jimalong Joe
  3. Finger in the Air
  4. Skip to My Lou
  5. Three Slow Snails
  6. Friends of Mine
  7. Giants
  8. The Gnu Song
  9. The Happy Shark
  10. Rosalie, Where Are You Going?
  11. Jelly in the Dish
  12. Jump Rope Mashup
  13. Figure It Out
  14. All Around the Kitchen
  15. The Tutti Tah
  16. Shoo That Fly

Dave Fry’s “Playground” is just that: a sonic playground complete with musical hopscotch, hoops, a sand box, jump ropes, and swings. With a crackerjack ensemble of great friends and studio players, “Playground” celebrates kids-based music traditions with jump rope rhymes, play songs, and curious ditties — all set to bluegrass, folk, rock ‘n’ roll, and R&B, and all with snappy arrangements and engaging performances.

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Shake It!

2001
Green Green Rocky Road
  1. Green Green Rocky Road
  2. Little Sally Walker
  3. My Yo Yo
  4. We Gave Names to the Animals
  5. Sally Go Round the Sun
  6. Little Sally Goodin
  7. Time for Recess
  8. The Ants Go Marching
  9. The Cow Jumped on the Moon
  10. Let’s Swim Together
  11. Groundhog
  12. Knock-Knock
  13. Dr. Seuss
  14. The Chicken Reel
  15. Disco Bones
  16. The Hokey Pokey

“Shake It!” is a celebration of Dance Music for kids, featuring everything from colonial play songs, country fiddle tunes, folk and country, rock n’ roll, and even (gasp) a disco tune!

I Like Peanut Butter

1998
Watermelon on the Vine
  1. Watermelon on the Vine
  2. Spider on the Floor
  3. I’m Gonna Tell
  4. Charlie Stone
  5. Down by the Bay
  6. I Wanna Be a Dog
  7. Let the Juice Through
  8. Magic Penny
  9. Splish Splash
  10. Peanut Butter and Jelly
  11. The Cat Came Back
  12. Nursery Rhyme Rock
  13. Elmer Brown
  14. Peanut Butter
  15. Apples and Bananas
  16. Tropical Vacation
  17. A Place in the Choir
  18. The Barnyard Dance
  19. Shovelin’
  20. The Bear Hunt
  21. Down in the Dumps
  22. The Day I Became a Teacher
  23. Let Us Eat Lettuce
  24. Branching Out
  25. Boppin’ Beach

Winner of the 1999 Children’s Music Web Award. An award-winning compilation of Dave’s children’s music from Aw Shucks (1990) and Tune Town (1996).

Pearls

1998
Blue Heartland
  1. Blue Heartland
  2. July
  3. The Jig’s Up
  4. Skewball
  5. Me and Martin Growing Old
  6. Shee Beg Sheemore
  7. Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse
  8. Good Noise
  9. Foxglove
  10. Bird of Paradise
  11. The Reel Thing
  12. Feathers on the Wind

Dave’s adult album (or for kids that have grown real tall), with folk, blues, Celtic instrumentals and more, with Kevin and Nick and many other backup musicians. Gathered from both traditional and contemporary folk music sources.

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