“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.

Despite being world-famous and on top of his musical craft as the lead singer of The Presidents of the United States of America, Seattle’s Chris Ballew felt unsatisfied. Something told him there was ...

How about a little bit of Nirvana or Presidents of the United States of America for your baby? You do want your kids to be cool, don’t you? If you’re not already familiar with Caspar Babypants, you ...

Any musician suffering from writer’s block could learn something from Chris Ballew. The frontman of Seattle’s goofy sons the Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) has been even giddier ...

The event Saturday at McCaw Hall honoring J.P. Patches will be one to remember.

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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 ...