Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas Show with Novelties - 12/21/2008

This was our Christmas show for the year, and it came after we had a week off for a sports preemption.

The weather fit the mood as it was snowing like crazy, so Marti did as Marti does and stayed home ("I'm not going out in that mess. You can go out in it if you want to."), so we had Marti join the show by telephone a couple of times.

Since we think it is a good thing to be in good humor for the holidays, we augmented our take on old and new Christmas songs with some classic novelty songs. We hope you smiled as you recalled (or heard for the first time) some of these gems (or whatever they are).

Jim & Marti

  • Aunt Hattie Dalton "Old Red Rooster Party" Introduction (1994)
  • Go Where I Send Thee (1937) / Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet / Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 / Document
  • The Last Month of the Year (1959) / Vera Ward / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn (1929) / Cotton Top Sanctified Singer / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • Christmas is A-Coming (1940) / Lead Belly / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • Lady Gay (1928) / Buell Kazee / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • The Creak of the Leather (1991) / Michael Martin Murphey / Cowboy Christmas / Warner Bros
  • Christmas on the Line (1991) / Michael Martin Murphey / Cowboy Christmas / Warner Bros
  • Corn, Water, and Wood (1999) / Riders in the Sky / Christmas the Cowboy Way / Rounder
  • Sidemeat's Christmas Stew (1999) / Riders in the Sky / Christmas the Cowboy Way / Rounder

The following four tracks are from "Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday - The Breaking Up Christmas Story" on the County label, released in 1997:

  • Old Bunch of Keys / Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham
  • Tempy / Andy Cahan and Band
  • Little Maggie / Earnest East, Lawrence Lowe, Paul Sutphin
  • Beautiful Star of Bethlehem / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
  • At The Christmas Ball (1925) / Bessie Smith / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over (1927) / Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • Breaking Up Christmas (1959) / Norman Edmonds, Rufus Quesinberry / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • Jingle Bells (1951) / Maddox Brothers & Rose / Where Will You Be on Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital
  • Something You Can't Buy (1978) / The Statler Brothers / The Christmas Collection / Mercury
  • Christmas Dinner (1997) / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / The Christmas Album / Rising Tide
  • My Birthday Comes On Christmas (1956) / Spike Jones / It's A Spike Jones Christmas / Rhino
  • The Christmas Yodel (1999) / Riders in the Sky / Christmas the Cowboy Way / Rounder
  • Swiss Boy (c.1961) / Smiley Burnette / Smiley Burnette is Frog Millhouse / King
  • Tennessee Birdwalk (1970) / Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • Country Music Nightmare (1983) / Boxcar Willie / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • I've Been Everywhere (1962) / Hank Snow / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • The Auctioneer (1956) / Leroy Van Dyke / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • Chit Akins, Make Me A Star (1964) / Don Bowman / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • I'm A Nut (1966) / Leroy Pullins / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • Lord, Mr. Ford (1973) / Jerry Reed / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • That's My Pa (1962) / Sheb Wooley / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • Welfare Cadillac (1970) / Guy Clark / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back (1964) / Billy Edd Wheeler / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • Johnny's Cash And Charley's Pride (1969) / Mac Wiseman / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • The Movies (1977) / The Statler Brothers / World's Greatest Novelty Records / Echo
  • Christmas Medley (1978) / The Statler Brothers / The Christmas Collection / Mercury

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