Deep Fried Pickle Projects Daniel Daniel and Alan Selvedge are currently working on a new benefit CD, Ditties for Kiddies. The CD, which will slated for release in March, will benefit the Little Kids Rock, an organization which brings instruments and instructions to students left behind due to school budget cuts. Little Kids Rocks list of board members and supporters include Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Jason Newsted, BB King, Bob Weir, String Cheese Incident, the Further Foundation, and the Milagro Foundation.

Ditties for Kiddies features a number of notable names including ALO, All God’s Children Choir, the Everyone Orchestras Matt Butler,
Charlie Hitchcock, Zilla, Aaron Holstein, Hot Buttered Rum, Gemini, the Gourds Kev Russel, and Deadwood Revival, among others.
Deep Fried Pickle Project, which alternately performs adult and kids sets while on the road, will also contribute a track. Last year, the Deep Fried Pickle Project also produced a Katrina benefit album for Conscious Alliance Foundation featuring Umphrey’s McGee, Hit and Run Bluegrass, the Gourds, Split Lip Rayfield, and Chubby Carrier, among others. The group recently released the adult album Whitewood Creek and are currently in the studio recording a second children’s album.