Wednesday, December 24, 2014

NO. 2 ON THE CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - SANTA WILL BE HERE TONIGHT - GUARANTEED!

TODAY IS THE SECOND BIGGEST DAY OF THE SEASON. THE KIDS CAN'T GO TO SLEEP AND MOM AND DAD ARE UP LATE PUTTING LORD KNOWS WHAT TOGETHER. HERE ARE SOME TUNES THAT WILL GET YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT. BE SURE AND LEAVE OUT THOSE MILK AND COOKIES. AND DO NOT TELL YOUR KIDS THERE IS NO SANTA - EVER!


THE BOSS AT CHRISTMAS - DECEMBER 7, 1984 - SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E-STREET BAND.  ONE OF THE GREATEST CONCERTS EVER -  THE BORN IN THE USA TOUR - SPRINGSTEEN, E-STREET AND CLARENCE, THE COOLEST SAX PLAYER ON THE PLANET,  PERFORMED THIS KILLER VERSION OF SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN AT CHRISTMAS IN LITTLE OLD TALLAHASSEE. GO FIGURE!
 



ONLY BOB DYLAN - ONE OF THE TRUE POETS OF OUR GENERATION AND WRITER/PERFORMER OF SUCH CLASSICS AS LIKE A ROLLING STONE AND MAGGIE'S FARM - COULD COVER A POLKA VERSION OF IT MUST BE SANTA AND MAKE IT WORK. WRITTEN BY HAL MOORE AND BILL FREDERICKS, IT WAS FIRST RECORDED BY NONE OTHER THAN FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALL'S MITCH MILLER - WOW! I AM GETTING OLDER!




SOMETIMES YOU FIND A SONG YOU JUST CAN'T LET GO OF - HERE IS LEON REDBONE WITH DR. JOHN ON KEYBOARDS AND KEN PEPLOWSKI, JAZZ CLARINETIST, PERFORMING A TUNE FOR ALL OF YOU THAT NEED TO CRY IN YOUR BEER OR EGG NOG OR OTHER BEVERAGE OF YOUR CHOICE - CHRISTMAS BALL BLUES - ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE. THE CONVERSATION AT THE END OF THE VIDEO IS A TAD WEIRD- BUT IT'S STILL A GREAT TUNE.


 

CHRISTMAS EVE BONUS - BOB HOPE AT CHRISTMAS. A FRIEND EMAILED ME THIS VIDEO AND I JUST FELT LIKE SHARING IT WITH ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S TRULY GREAT  ENTERTAINERS. FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS BOB HOPE ENTERTAINED OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MILITARY - BRINGING LAUGHTER AND TEARS TO THOUSANDS WHO HAVE SERVED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE DEFENSE OF AMERICA AND FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD.
 


Remember The Wise Men didn't need GPS, just Divine Guidance. Merry Christmas!


d.l.Stafford
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