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After 10 critically acclaimed albums and countless shows from coast to coast, Ralph recently to channeled the fun and energy of Ralph's World to TV into a 24 episode YouTube series of featuring acoustic performances shenanigans with his puppet friends Rani, Malcolm, and Beauregard based in his colorful TV Treehouse! Whether we see you next at a concert in your area, or if you're watching the series, we look forward to sharing music with you soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607669919190-HVWC79BF6ZG6WYVFZ3KN/Ralph%27s+World+-+Temp.png Ralph's World - Ralph’s World The groundbreaking and eponymous first Ralph’s World album changed the world of children’s music forever. Songs like “Driving in My Car” and “All My Colors” showed how kids music could be fun for the kids while not driving their parents crazy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607669941747-CLWWIZLL1MM2JHS0F0I6/BOS_Temppng Ralph's World - At the Bottom of the Sea The best selling Ralph’s World album proved that a sophomore slump doesn’t happen when you have great songwriting and a killer band. Moms and dads from coast to coast were singing “M-O-M-M-Y needs C-O-F-F-E-E” while their kids danced! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607669976866-S9R4RQ181ZIOWR54A0YK/HL_RW.png Ralph's World - Happy Lemons From the exuberant title track to the heart-tugging “Riding With No Hands,” the third Ralph’s World album was a favorite with critics and fans alike, and proved that the runaway success of the first two albums was no fluke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607670121715-2ASXMVDERP4PBNSAMEVW/Temp.png Ralph's World - Peggy’s Pie Parlor Instead of playing it safe, the fourth Ralph’s World started a period of creative growth and experimentation, all mixed with the elements fans expected. A polka for kids? Check. A fake musical with singing and dancing cavemen? Why not?! Let the fun begin! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607668771000-2S6WG9C63A0U1X5NU4J7/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+10.38.20+PM.png Ralph's World - The Amazing Adventures of Kid Astro With a title track that sounded like a cross between Queen and Paul McCartney, Ralph’s World served notice that the fifth album was not business as usual. Fans and critics loved it, and kids of the world round shouted “We are ants!” as they marched around the room! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607670306502-ISSZZ2LFYUY7BPUE0XNP/Green+Temp.png Ralph's World - Green Gorilla, Monster, and Me This GRAMMY nominated album was the last with indie label Minty Fresh, and helped launch Ralph’s World to Disney Records. Paste Magazine called out the song “Dance Around” as being “one of the best songs of the year in any genre.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607670645129-7IIYJZNEJN49LESYAD51/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+11.10.24+PM.png Ralph's World - The Rhyming Circus The first album of all new songs with Disney, and the first recorded at Ralph’s new Waterdog Studios, The Rhyming Circus took the possibilities of what a kids record could embody to sparkling new heights. A masterpiece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607670425912-9RZLS7SPU05KF2N5G8WV/Welcome+-+Temp.png Ralph's World - Welcome to Ralph’s World Disney pushed Ralph’s World to the next level with this compilation of hits from the first six albums, paired with a collection of videos on the included DVD that received airplay to 55 million homes on the Disney Channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607670766576-YM2W82GVLR9YKUZVIRA4/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+11.12.34+PM.png Ralph's World - Ralph’s World Rocks and Reads This compilation gathers all the songs referenced in Ralph’s popular picture books and puts them all together in one CD so that parents can have them as a resource to facilitate early reading. And it’s even packaged as a CD sized book with a picture book inside! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607670667503-2MYMKDC5CE4QNZTIZ2DM/Temp.png Ralph's World - All Around Ralph’s World Featuring songs recorded for but not included on “The Rhyming Circus” and favorites from the 80 tunes Ralph composed for Disney’s China-based English Language Learning schools. Chock full of one great song after another! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607670814418-DHLVJ9X77YO25L0UKUGI/Screen+Shot+2020-12-10+at+11.13.15+PM.png Ralph's World - Time Machine Guitar A collection of songs featured in a projected Ralph’s World Time Machine Guitar TV series. Only the pilot was shot, but the scripts, puppets, and songs were all completed, and were used during COVID for a 25 episode YouTube series, “TV Treehouse.” This album features songs about the historical figures from the original television show, showcasing a range of musical styles stretching across generations. Dance the Charleston with Josephine Baker, hear Mozart play his piano on Beethoven’s horse, and meet Ben Franklin’s mole, all thanks to Ralph’s time traveling guitar! https://www.ralphcovert.net/songwriting daily 0.75 2025-07-28 https://www.ralphcovert.net/contact daily 0.75 2025-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1591143109162-JC25LSR201K4XU1IX7J2/mike-meyers--haAxbjiHds-unsplash.jpg Contact - Let’s connect ralphcovert@waterdogrecords.com 619-510-9480 Facebook Instagram Twitter https://www.ralphcovert.net/theatre daily 0.75 2025-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1596072666690-O1XWNVXPD0LARDCLFJ00/3.jpg Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1596072416241-GT4CGV9T360R3QXOVAOZ/4.jpg Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1596072424817-TIGGMNJ2MPK70WT4EF3Q/5.jpg Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/a89181f9-e434-4c48-b957-b8cad9658ad3/ECTCNutcracker2.jpg.jpeg Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1598479146832-0YFE41O0D75F4EVG3ACS/5337979.jpg Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1596072272780-ZPXFXRQM4SHK1E2LMLGG/1.jpg Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1596072441681-8M54969OL9WON67ETLQO/6.jpg Theatre https://www.ralphcovert.net/music daily 0.75 2021-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1594052415974-RVIMIRXIGY78FRX4J22G/DSC07528.jpg Ralph Covert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1594498819648-PPBKLI8FOM3MZHYZ7IMM/Add+a+heading%283%29.png Ralph Covert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1594053247164-7KGXX90JX7BHPURT6ZVG/Ralph+Covert+Banner.png Ralph Covert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1591127487191-1PW08F5D5ZRSWM2ANEIF/WelcometoDeadsville.jpg Ralph Covert - Welcome to Deadsville Pour yourself a drink at the Tiki bar of desperation… and return refreshed from an album that journeys through both dark places and hopeful ones, always with a sense of humor, uplifted by melodies that sooth the sharpest edges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1594055626529-K9ZR7GBU1GMO7HLNEZ6S/Ralph+Covert-+Birthday Ralph Covert - Birthday Introspective and uplifting, a book of life set to music as a gift to Ralph’s new-born daughter Fiona that doubles as a celebration of life and love shared with the world. From “Fools Will Try” to “Raspberry Jam,” brimming with hope and melody. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1594055911855-W8TFSG46ALZ13SLG1GEJ/fCMSdrZDQzb4gv4VFx7qn-ZpeZewZyO1G3KWDcOP1rTNutvhRnKqFDYhdrNnKRXzzQ72O-GgE35eQctf2IwY77YRwxbwf_9kWGFbKqFtHB31_qM8Rc42t4aPlwYG5lEkan8cEMCeEdV2jjwxQvldpAkPYg.png Ralph Covert - Accidental Soundtrack Recorded live without overdubs by the trio of Mike Hartigan, Steve Gerlach, and Ralph Covert to serve as audio tracks for a series of YouTube performance videos, the result was soulful and sparkling. Sublime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1594056178187-YCFCJT0PE5FKPCG1AD9I/A1Z7H5t1IiL._SS500_.jpg Ralph Covert - Eat at Godot’s A searing personal journey of an album. Recorded in Chicago and Memphis (Sun Studios), this solo outing balances darkness and light, string quartets and the blues, with a backbone of acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies. https://www.ralphcovert.net/the-bad-examples daily 0.75 2021-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607906872333-30M1A6FE0BZX8TUI6QS5/CBN_Temp.png The Bad Examples - MEAT Recorded the same week as The Bad Examples first gig, MEAT is a shimmering debut that reflects the future of the band’s sound – bristling pop, tender ballads, the bluesy grind of “I Want A Bad Girl,” and the first version of “Not Dead Yet.” Wake up, world. The Bad Examples have arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607906974476-6LGMRGF453J9ATQHMXT9/BIB_Temp.png The Bad Examples - Bad Is Beautiful The classic album that put the band on the map. An indie album with major label swagger from the days before indie bands were a thing. On Goldmine Magazine’s list of Best 50 Pop-rock Albums. Tommy O’Brien’s guitar work shines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607908010439-RNRAU1SIQ54H5FL7VNVU/50+cents+-+Temp The Bad Examples - Kisses 50c Steve Gerlach’s energetic sound helps the bands erupt into 3D alternative energy, recorded at Chicago’s legendary Idful Studios. Witty lyrics, cascading chord sequences, and devil-may-care virtuosity crash out the speakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607907027091-U5SOFTRX16B707W26V5U/CBN-Temp.png The Bad Examples - Cheap Beer Night The explosive line up of John Duich, Pickles Piekarski, Terry Wathen, and Ralph Covert had been touring for a year, and this live album captures just how great they’d become as they play a set that includes brand new songs and favorites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607908118582-WFQ6Q8O3OUOKSS0DBA6T/Popscape_Temp.png The Bad Examples - Popscape An excellent introduction featuring the first six albums of Ralph Covert and The Bad Examples catalog, peppered with unreleased songs that stand among their finest, like “Let Her Go” and “Adam McCarthy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607907348593-2BUT0C2D3RBOXC2P7Y6F/TMS_Temp.png The Bad Examples - Two Meter Sessions The “Cheap Beer Night” line-up plays acoustic versions of “Bad Is Beautiful” for Dutch National Radio, plus unreleased songs from John Duich and Ralph Covert. The CD book documents the band’s first European tour in epic prose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607907639987-NSB1VMTGVEGXYWV30ASH/Good+Examples+-+Temp.png The Bad Examples - Good Examples of Bad Examples Favorites plucked from the catalog to tickle the ears of Ralph’s World kids and their rocking parents. Includes a clean-lyric version of “Not Dead Yet,” as well as new songs like “Find Your Cherry Bomb.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607908796314-YHF3XXUNVV4HFDIOQL3Y/s498207574882288770_p20_i2_w638.jpg The Bad Examples - 5000 Days A bruising and joyful celebration of the first decade plus of the band’s journey, captured live, and featuring consecutive line-up changes that follow the growth and evolution of the band over the years. Exhilarating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed0a15c667c0a7510b8420b/1607907830468-33Q0U3YF1AL7VZ6BHSIG/Smash+Record.png The Bad Examples - Smash Record If “Bad Is Beautiful” and “Kisses 50c” got drunk and had a baby. 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