Ho Ho Ho, ya ho's!
If we were feeling soulful yesterday, today we've got the damn Christmas Blues, oh yes. 'Course the Blues lend themselves to bad Holidays, all trouble and woe, and my baby left on Christmas Day, etc.
Doesn't get much better, when Lightnin' Hopkins, Guitar Slim, and Cecil Grant lend their own problems to the mix. Christmas just aint Christmas without problems and complications, don't ya just know it.
For our bonus re-posts, we're gonna stay Blue with some Holiday house-rockers from past Xmas posts. And, yes, two of 'em have some pretty obvious double entendre's. Jimmy Butler's "Trim Your Tree" has long been a favorite with readers. But Roosevelt Sykes, and Cecil Grant provide their own low-down, dirty-dog Yuletide joy.
Santa's Got A Big...Guitar!
Lightnin' Hopkins: Santa (mp3)
Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly: Christmas Time Blues (mp3)
Cecil Grant: Hello Santa Claus (mp3)
Bonus Stocking Stuffer Re-Posts
Jimmy Butler: Trim Your Tree (mp3)
Roosevelt Sykes: Let Me Hang Your Stockings In Your Christmas Tree (mp3)
Eddie C. Campbell: Santa's Messing With The Kid (mp3)
Please support your local, independent jukejoint this Holiday Season.
December the second and I'm already behind...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all these gems, especially the new ones!
Can I add a holiday tune that I wrote? It's called George Bailey, and I wrote it for Jimmy Stewart's character in It's A Wonderful Life. He has me smitten every year. I abandoned my country and western styles for this one and went back to James Jamerson and Motown... nothing says Christmas like Phil Spector, right?
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays!
Carolyn Sills
http://www.carolynsills.com/Original_Music.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOQna0DuOfU
Now THAT's Got-damn good!!! Thank you Big Rock.
ReplyDeleteThe Spirit hasn't hit me just yet, but I bet these'll kick me right into gear, many thanks!!
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