Fast Facts: Everyone’s Invited! by Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym Jam Accolades: Parent's Choice Approved 2014 CD Baby Editors' Pick 2014 More about the Album and its Creators: Jason and Amy Didner got their inspiration to write this album's lyrics together last winter from their then-one-year-old daughter. Jason is the host of "The Cool Rockin' Daddy Video Show" on Montclair, NJ's TV-34 channel and streaming live at coolrockindaddy.tv. Amy interviews popular children's musicians on the show. Songs on "Everyone's Invited!" offer learning for kids at multiple levels, often within the same song. - "Five Sea Lions" teaches older kids (and grown-ups) the difference between sea lions and seals. - It teaches younger kids to count down from five! - "Everyone's Invited!" is a rock-n-roll album at its heart, using different styles to carry the different stories in the lyrics: - Ramones-style punk energy on "Jungle Gym Jamming" and "Down By the Bay." - Reggae/ska vibe on "Five Sea Lions" with Jason adding Santana/Clapton influenced bluesy guitar breaks - Grateful Dead/Phish type jamband grooves on "My Glasses" and "The Pick Song," driven by the tight rhythm section of Ross Kantor on drums and Judy Helbig on bass guitar. - Rootsy folk on "Mimi the Ladybug," featuring a mandolin acting out the part of the ladybug and her dancing feet. Produced, engineered and mixed by Dave Cushing at Snowdome Studios, Montclair, NJ, a converted carriage house with a history back to the days of horse-drawn buggies. Mastered by Scott Anthony at The Viewing Room in Springfield and Maplewood, NJ. John Ginty set aside time after a tour of Canada as the Dixie Chicks' organist to fire up his 1969 Hammond B-3 organ and add his soulful sound to "Window of the Train" before flying to Los Angeles to record organ tracks for Steve Earle. Running time: 37:31 Release Date: January 28, 2014 via Knock-Knock Records (owned by Jason and Amy)