Wee Hairy Beasties

Chicago-based children’s act Wee Hairy Beasties contain Mekons users Jon Langford (billed as “Cyril the Karaoke Squirrel”) and Sally Timms (“Monkey Dual Dippey”), singer/songwriter Kelly Hogan (“Marjorie the Singing Bee”), as well as the acoustic blues trio Devil inside a Woodpile (Rick “Cookin'” Sherry, Joel Paterson, and Tom Ray). Based on story (aka, their news release), they arrived for their 1st gig in the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago beneath the impression that they might become playing for the pets and had consequently written tunes about animals. Since it occurred, kids and parents had been also in attendance and appeared to value the music aswell. This led Bloodshot Information to commission rate an album, Pet Crackers, released Oct 24, 2006.