“I phrase it as ‘the end of a long search,’” says Ballew, who has been writing and producing popular songs like “Stompy The Bear” and “The Stump Hotel” under the Caspar Babypants moniker for a decade.

PORT TOWNSEND — This is exactly who Chris Ballew wanted to be when he grew up. Caspar Babypants is a singer, guitarist, arranger, maker of 20 records. He is well-known on the North Olympic Peninsula, ...

Long before he became children’s-music troubadour Caspar Babypants, Chris Ballew lived the dream as frontman for Seattle rock ‘n’ roll heroes The Presidents of the United States of America. Platinum ...