Holiday Music Thread

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This week, Bob Dylan made freely available for streaming his album Christmas in the Heart:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lSui3IrMpT1HrGCpObyvA3PW...

What other holiday music is the zone listening to this year?

christmas shoes mother fuckers

https://youtu.be/YNX7d1ETWd8

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Right now, this one here, a house favorite.

O Tannenbaum Pseudo Video - YouTube Music
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_fh133ZO1AE&list=OLAK5uy_lbvxkPzFbZiVA...

Vince Guaraldi and the Grateful Dead:

http://impressionsofvince.blogspot.com/2012/05/guaraldi-and-grateful-dea...

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This time of year, we bust out the Christmas songbooks and play all the the tunes (secular and sacred) on the piano.  The Charlie Brown tunes have some of the most difficult chords.

I have some, including a red 45 of John Prine's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."  

But these two are favorites since 1985 when a local amazing record store owner, Smokey Koelsch of Smokey's Records, recommended them. Nice mellow guitar, no vocals. Great background music. 

Bought the LP's and made cassettes for all the family so we had something in common to share across the miles. Upgraded to CD's later.  I share them with a lot of people. The 90 minute cassettes were perfect but the 80 minute CD's required some editing.  

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Aloe Blacc, "Funky Ass Christmas";

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM1WiX3w9-w

Mutabaruka, "Postpone Christmas";

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJ35IZN-Rc

Thanks for the unknown to me Vince Guaraldi info Ken.

This was on CBS Sunday Morning today filling in more gaps >> 

"Christmas Time Is Here," a classic holiday song - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/christmas-time-is-here-a-classic-holiday-s...

Tom Waits - "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis" from the album "Blue Valentine".   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vbt8ReH0hI

John Prine    "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSiNFEL3joc

John Prine -  "Christmas In Prison"    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg33zWjgESE

 

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We Gave Santa Claus Lice -  The Moron Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fen36dU7828

Ray Stevens - "Redneck Christmas"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CKJ_Kj7sA

Joe Diffie - Leroy The Redneck Reindeer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIdnYAkqSes

Keith Harling - Santa's Got A Semi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLzYdiB4fY

 

Judy Garland & Mel Tormé - The Christmas Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaEedtRHklg

We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Noodler noodling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdAYt0alXXU

Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear? 
https://youtu.be/Vs9FPx3_Slk

Dropkick Murphys - The Season's Upon Us
https://youtu.be/qTx-sdR6Yzk

Zooey, that was so good! And Noodler, sweet to see and hear you.

 

My perpetual favorite - Leon Russell - Slippin' into Christmas

If you haven't listened to it, slip into it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD-E4-p_fpI

Edward Abbey - Merry Christmas Pigs    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNlRB1JlHQ     I sang in front of that truck once at a SUWA party.  

where's cheech n chong, you know, the magic dust!


george winston - december 

https://youtu.be/Ci52Iq_IQso

 

 

 

 

Chris Jacobs and Friends (incl. Mookie!) @ The 8x10 (Much Love to B & A)

A Very Jerry Christmas

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Both shows floating right at the top of the main LMA page.

Won't melt your face but will put a smile on it.smiley

One of the greatest songs ever written. "Christmas in The Trenches" by John McCutcheon  

Two versions. First is live, second is the album version.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9coPzDx6tA      or    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0LgjBauf70

Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra - "Family Christmas Show" - 1967 - (PBS Special)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZvtCXiiWM0

I Need Your Blessings - UAB Gospel Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joXu4N6o6ms

The United House of Prayer band playing "It will Never loose its POWER"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1QnzTnhcw0

Cory Henry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXNib-FsY14

Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles - Ain't But The One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkoBPJH_FU