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Author Archives: team Trout
Dear Fisherfolk,
A photo of Trout Fishing in America reveals that we are, if nothing else, a band of stunning contrasts. There is a sense of balance in the equation. Contrast and balance. In live performances, we try to balance our serious … Continue reading
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February 2019
February finds Trout Fishing in America deeply immersed in studio work. It may be cold outside, but Ezra is on fire! He’s learning how to operate his new recording board, making quantum leaps forward every day. He is impressing and amazing me, … Continue reading
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January 2019
Happy New Year! It is officially 2019. Today marks exactly one month since Keith had his right hip replaced. He’s walking around the Trout House without a cane, without a walker, without pants. OK, we’re exaggerating here. He’s wearing sweat … Continue reading
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New Trout T-shirts!
We went big for our latest T-shirt design. Adult sizes are printed on a 100% cotton super-soft deep teal green shirt. Kid sizes are printed on a 100% cotton super soft sapphire blue shirt. All Trout orders come with FREE … Continue reading
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Digital Music Through iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby
Each of Trout’s albums from “Truth Is Stranger Than Fishin” all the way through “The Strangest Times” can be purchased digitally through iTunes, Amazon.com, or CDBaby. You can buy entire albums or create your own Trout playlist. If you have … Continue reading
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*HOLIDAY SALE*
Here are a couple of ideas for holiday gifts or stocking stuffers. And this just in…”Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important” Book/CD set makes MetroKids Top 10 Best Family CDs of 2011!! The book/cd also earned a Mr. Dad Gold Seal … Continue reading
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Trout Fishing in America, by Rebecca Haden
from Today’s Man magazine Ezra Idlet built a tree house – not a small house up in a tree for kids’ campouts, but a 540 square foot house a mile from the home where he lives, with original art works … Continue reading
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My Name is Chicken Joe
My Name is Chicken Joe is the first picture book/CD combo from Trout Fishing in America. Wired.com’s Geekdad reviewer Brad Moon put it this way: “When National Public Radio refers to you as ‘the Lennon and McCartney of kids’ music,’ you’ve … Continue reading
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CD/Book Review: My Name Is Chicken Joe, by Brad Moon
from Wired.com/geekdad When National Public Radio refers to you as ‘the Lennon and McCartney of kids’ music,’ you’ve got a lot to live up to. Four time Grammy-nominated duo Trout Fishing in America (Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet) rise to … Continue reading
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Soulful, relatable songs for school-aged kids, by Kathi Kamen Goldmark
from Common Sense Review Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood — aka Trout Fishing in America — deliver 14 original songs about both everyday life concerns (a hole in your favorite jeans, nasty alarm clocks, the importance of good manners, the … Continue reading
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Big Round World
If you are reading this, then you are a part of our Big Round World. We all have to share and care for this world. Here are 14 songs about our life experiences as we’ve traveled this Big Round World. … Continue reading
Parent’s Choice Review, by Lynne Heffley
from PARENTS’ CHOICE Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood, the duo known as Trout Fishing in America, are the real deal: solid rock ‘n roll and jazz pros who fuel their comic and soulful songs with powerhouse vocal and instrumental stylings … Continue reading
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Who Knows What We Might Do?
Who Knows What We Might Do? is a set of five original Trout Fishing in America songs geared more to the grownup side of life. The title track looks at the increasing difficulty of “acting your age” as you get … Continue reading
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My Best Day
My Best Day was recorded live in Conway on a snowy day, and presented on AETN. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2006, and won NAPPA Gold Award and a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor. Now you can experience the … Continue reading
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Merry Fishes
Merry Fishes to All received a Grammy nomination for ‘Best Musical Album for Children’. Family Fun magazine called it ‘the Year’s Best Christmas CD,’ saying that the songs are ‘so fresh they practically wiggle.’ Ben Fong-Torres wrote in Parade magazine about its … Continue reading
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Bass Fishing, by Shelton Clark
from Bassics Magazine IN 1976, Keith Grimwood was playing in the bass section of the Houston Symphony, a fan of music who, after symphony concerts, would “hang up the tux,” he says, and check out a five-piece rock band called … Continue reading
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It’s a Puzzle
It’s a Puzzle is a Dr. Toy’s “10 Best” album with a selection of songs that express the experiences of kids everywhere. In fact, “Alien in My Nose” grew out of one of Trout Fishing’s songwriting workshops. Here’s what FamilyFun … Continue reading
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Performance Notes: Acoustic Duos, by Brett Ratner
from Guitar Player magazine Those familiar with the acoustic duo Trout Fishing in America appreciate their uncanny ability to create a full-bodied ensemble sound. It helps that both members sing and that bassist Keith Grimwood is an experienced and adroit … Continue reading
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InFINity
InFINity is another Grammy nominated album from Trout Fishing in America. Here’s what Chicago Parent said about InFINity: “Musicians with the magic touch” Fred Koch The children’s musicians I feature this month understand that their art, livelihood and ultimate success … Continue reading
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Fresh Fish, by Shelton Clark
from Acoustic Guitar magazine Guitarist Ezra Idlet and Bassist Keith Grimwood have played together as the duo Trout Fishing in America for 22 years. They’re an anachronism in many ways. They play contemporary, acoustic-based music, but they are a throwback … Continue reading
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Dirty Linen, review of Closer to the Truth
Emerging from the ashes of the Houston-based group St. Elmo’s Fire in the late 70s, TFIA is a quirky pair of musicians. Establishing their own independent label Trout Records in 1990 with the debut Trout is Stranger than Fishin’, Ezra … Continue reading
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Closer to the Truth
Closer to the Truth is a family friendly folk rock album from Trout Fishing in America. “Closer To The Trout ,” a review in Songwriter’s Monthly, said of this album, The Trouts are quite an amazing pair of writers. Great … Continue reading
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Family Music Party
Family Music Party is a live Trout Fishing album featuring 16 of Trout Fishing’s most beloved songs. From the rollicking “My Hair Had a Party Last Night” to the touching “Count on Me,” these are songs that will liven up … Continue reading
My World
My World is an award-winning collection of kids’ songs that give grown ups a peek into a child’s world — and vice versa. “If this doesn’t brighten your day, nothing will,” says FamilyFun magazine. Chicago Parent put it like this: … Continue reading
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Reel Life
Reel Life, an album by Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America, is danceable folk rock with world music influences. Songs The Number Of That Truck Lightning More Than Love Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs Sleepytime Cartoon Eleven … Continue reading
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Who Are These People? by Karen Liebowitz
Music Monthly/National Beat ‘Who Are These People?’-That was my exact reaction when I first glanced at the CD cover. What kind of name is that for a band? It sounds like a how-to-do-it-yourself manual on catching, cleaning, and cooking fish. … Continue reading
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Who Are These People?
A review in Music Monthly describes Who Are These People? as “a new direction for folk music,” but you’ll find it danceable, too. Songs Carry Me There’s A Panther In Michigan Never Look Down Who Are These People? Serious About … Continue reading
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Mine
Mine is an award-winning album from Trout Fishing in America, available on CD and MP3. Songs Boiled Okra And Spinach 18 Wheels On A Big Rig (Written by Heywood Banks South Hand Music) Mine! Hall Of A Hundred Doors Swimming … Continue reading
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Over the Limit
Over the Limit was named Indie Pop Album of the Year in 1992, cementing Trout Fishing in America’s reputation as (in the words of Nashville Scene) “one of the most energetic and innovative” bands around. Just A Little While You … Continue reading
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Big Trouble
Trout Fishing in America knows what it’s like to fear getting into Big Trouble because monsters came over to play. This and more than a dozen other childhood experiences are chronicled in Big Trouble, and award winning album from the … Continue reading
Truth is Stranger than Fishin’
Truth is Stranger than Fishin’ is the debut release from four time Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America. Brian Mansville of Nashville Scene writes, “Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet-who take their name from a Richard Brautigan novel of the 1960s-sound … Continue reading
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