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After 10 months of knob-turning and fader-sliding, Northern Virginia's premiere
power-trio for children has emerged from the recording studio with it's third
CD, PINK!. Rocknoceros (pronounced
like rhinoceros) has dominated the Washington, DC children's music scene since
its inception in 2005, winning four Washington Area Music Awards, and landing
an ongoing Video-on-Demand offering through COX Cable. With the release of PINK!,
Rocknoceros continues to find
its way into the hearts and homes of music-lovers of all ages.
As every family with youngsters in the DC area already knows, Rocknoceros
(pronounced like rhinoceros) is three guys: Coach Cotton, Williebob, and Boogie
Woogie Bennie. After seeing them perform, there is no denying that they are
not a typical trio. Coach Cotton is the ring-leader, frequently immersed in
a sea of knee-high concert goers. Wearing a wireless head-set microphone, he
wades through the mass of dancing children, dispersing high-fives and shaking
a tambourine. Williebob provides the necessary string work for the show, moving
among a collection of guitars, mandolins, and banjos while wearing a kazoo around
his neck. Boogie Woogie Bennie is a one-man-band within the power trio, employing
a contraption that one four-year-old fan described as "the piano-drum".
The piano-drum allows Boogie Bennie to play the bass drum with his right foot,
the snare drum and hi-hat cymbal with his left foot, and the keyboard with his
hands (with his left hand playing the bass parts). Together, Rocknoceros
is able to cover a dizzying range of musical styles in each set. From Tin Pan
Alley to the shores of Jamaica, Rocknoceros
hops from genre to genre like a toad on summer asphalt.
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