Is there anyone better to tell it like it is than one’s kid? In January 2008, when Uncle Kracker began to write the songs that appear on his new album Happy Hour, it was his eight year-old daughter who suggested that he try writing something a little less downbeat than usual. “She said to me, ‘I can't really dance to any of your songs,’” the father of three says with a laugh. “Not that I needed to make a dance record, but it dawned on me that I tend to write a lot of acoustic ballads and mid-tempo type tunes. And I thought, ‘It’s pretty bad when your own kids won't listen to your records. Your own kids!’ At the end of the day, people want to have fun more than they want to cry. I realized that it was time for something a little more upbeat and positive and that’s what I ended up with on Happy Hour.”
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Merry X-mas everybody! Hope you get everything u want today!
09:39 AM December 25
@JasonJMikeMgmt hey homeboy! Right back at ya'! Let's get up after holidays! I been gettin some home time in w/ the fam. Hop u doin same!
10:56 AM December 24
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No D! It ain't cool! My kids say flipping and frickin and usually catch a beating depending on the setting. Ha!
10:09 AM December 24
Not a creature was stirring. Except for us dumb fuxxers who didn't get all our shopping done yet! Ha!
07:12 AM December 24
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01:22 PM December 22
Listen to the newly added track “Good To Be Me” exclusively in the jukebox player on UncleKracker.com. Uncle Kracker’s much anticipated studio album “Happy Hour” gets released next Tuesday, September 15 in record stores everywhere and online!
Also be sure to pre-order “Happy Hour” and take advantage of all the great bundle packs offered leading up to the release date. To pre-order the album, CLICK HERE.
Please come visit jeff city and do a concert i love your song you make ma smile like the sun!
Nov 20, 04:40 AM
Please come back to Bakersfield, CA. I love your music. I just wanna turn up the radio and sing. Jolene Ponce Bakersfield, CA
Nov 20, 04:35 AM
I love your music! It makes me want turn up the radio and sing with you. You Rock... Just don't take so long to put out another album.
Jolene Ponce
Bakersfield, CA