"Even if your kids don't like peas, there's no way they can resist Hot Peas 'N Butter!"- Charlotte Bohn, Baltimore's Child Magazine

Hot peas 'N Butter, a unique children's musical group founded on the premise that you can reach kids through music without lowering musical standards, was created in 2000 by Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto, both professional musicians in New York City.

As a featured group on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Kids Stuff", and with the appearance of their hit videos, "Number 1" and "Deep Down", on Nickelodeon and Noggin, Hot Peas 'N Butter is quickly becoming a household name!

"If you've seen their videos on NOGGIN'S 'Jack's Big Music Show' or NICKELODEON'S 'Move to the Music' you know it's not just the peas that are hot." -Angela Thor, HappyNews.com

Hot peas 'N Butter have released their latest CD- Hot Peas "N Butter, Vol. 3: Mo Hotta Mo Butta- which continues the Hot peas 'N Butter mission of projecting professional quality music through a caring performance, but takes creativity and production to a whole new level. "Mo Hotta Mo Butta" has been released world wide with Sony Red/ MRI.

"The Sizzling percussive beats will put even the gloomiest kid in a party mood. Bilingual lyrics take listeners from a dip in a wild watering hole to a tour of world flags."- Erika Milvy, Parenting magazine

DANNY LAPIDUS was born in Belgium, but the family returned to Brooklyn when he was only three. Danny's connection to kids' music stretches back to these early days of childhood. First, his dad sparked his musical interest by filling the house with the tones of folk, jazz, blues, and bluegrass guitar. Then, as an adult, Professor Louie, a pioneering professional children's musician, revealed to Danny the magical ability to reach kids as young as two by projecting professional-quality music through a caring performance.

After attending the High School of Music & Art in New York City, Danny earned his undergraduate degree at Binghamton University. As a professional musician, Danny has performed with such acts as Dominico, Wendy Star, Zoot, The Skadanks, and Oliver Lake, and has been featured as a vocalist on various commercial recordings. His own rock band, The Danny Lapidus Band, has opened for high-profile groups like Stroke 9 at Irving Plaza and The Wetlands.

As a professional producer and engineer, Danny has composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed music for for film and television with clients ranging from the Oxygen Network, JP Morgan & Chase, Verizon Wireless, McCann- Erickson and many more. All the music he produces (including Hot Peas 'n Butter's) is created start to finish in his own midtown NYC recoding studio-The Pod, Audio Productions.


When the time came to plan his own children's project, Danny immediately turned to best friend and acclaimed musician Francisco for support.



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July 30th, 2008
7:00 p.m.

THE LEVITT PAVILION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Jesup Road, Westport, CT 06880
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August 17th, 2008
10:30 a.m.

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 2401 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201

August 24th, 2008
Time TBA

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
5801 West 115th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211

September 14th, 2008
1:30 p.m.

NORTH HEMPSTEAD BEACH PARK
West Shore Road, Port Washington,
NY 11050

September 20th, 2008
2:00 p.m.

SONOMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
1350 Bennett Valley Rd., Santa Rose, CA
95404

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