Merry Christmas Folks!
Tonight’s show is chock full of songs fit for the season! Too often are the times where the same selection of Christmas carols are played out by the end of the month, this week’s special episode serves to remedy that very problem. Join us on a journey through this strange and wonderful catalogue of seldom heard tunes and conclude your Christmas with the holiday playlist you never you needed.
Playlist
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Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, “Empty Chair At The Christmas Table”
from Empty Chair at the Christmas Table / White Cross on Okinawa
Colombia - 1945
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Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers, “Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over”
from Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 3
Yazoo - 2005
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John Hartford, “On Christmas Eve”
from John Hartford: Me Oh My, How the Time Does Fly - A John Hartford Anthology
1982
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Albert York, John Lusk & Murphy Gribble, “Christmas Eve”
from Black Appalachia - String Bands, Songsters and Hoedowns
Rounder - 1999
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Boyd Asher, “Old Christmas”
from Kentucky Mountain Music (Classic Recordings of the 1920s & 1930s)
Yazoo Records - 2003
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Rev. J.M. Gates, “Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail?”
from Rev. J.M. Gates Vol. 7 (1929-1930)
Document Records - 2000
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Aaron Jonah Lewis and Matt Ball, “Breaking Up Christmas”
from Phil's Patio
Aaron Jonah Lewis and Matt Ball - 2009
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Butterbeans & Susie, “Papa Ain't No Santa Claus, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree”
from Papa Ain't No Santa Claus, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree
2007
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Johnny Guarnieri & Slam Stewart, “Santa's Secret (feat. Slam Stewart)”
from Santa's Secret (feat. Slam Stewart)
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Rev. J.M. Gates, “Will the Coffin Be Your Santa Claus?”
from Rev. J.M. Gates Vol. 5 (1927)
Document Records - 2000
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Sonny Boy Williamson, “Christmas Morning Blues”
from Sonny Boy Williamson Vol. 2 (1938-1939)
Document - 1991