What Do You Listen To At This TIme of Year?

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 9 Dec 2013 7:07 pm

What do you dust the covers off at this tIme of year?

Me: the classics of Johann and Richard Strauss. (BTW they were unrelated).

You?

Don Kona Woods · Post by **Don Kona Woods** » 9 Dec 2013 8:05 pm

Christmas Music always!! It goes with the time of the year!

Will Houston · Post by **Will Houston** » 9 Dec 2013 8:25 pm

I seem to listen to the Beatles around this time of year. Maybe cause they used to release stuff in November and December and I like to reminisce.

Dom Franco · Post by **Dom Franco** » 10 Dec 2013 5:39 pm

I like the old Christmas classics... Bing, Gene Autry, Nat King Cole and perhaps up to and including the Carpenters. The new Christmas stuff just doesn't appeal to me.
Dom

Stephen Cowell · Post by **Stephen Cowell** » 10 Dec 2013 8:32 pm

For some reason Dave Brubeck Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall is very much in the spirit of the season for me... I guess it may resemble Vince Guaraldi somewhat. That Joe Morello was too much... the entire album reeks of awesome.

David Matzenik · Post by **David Matzenik** » 10 Dec 2013 9:02 pm

Some favourite Christmas LPs on my shelf are from Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, The Blue Hawaiians, and Manhattan Transfer. And I have to get my annual Bing Crosby - Andrew Sisters fix.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 11 Dec 2013 5:48 am

There are a bunch of seasonal recordings that we play including Neville Mariner and St. Martin in the Field's Festival of Carols, Nat King Cole, Jerry Douglas Jerry Christmas, Christmas with Chet Atkins, etc. But this one is my and my wife's all-time favorite for 20+ years:

Loyal McAvoy · Post by **Loyal McAvoy** » 11 Dec 2013 7:39 am

My wife, always.

John Faulkinbury · Post by **John Faulkinbury** » 11 Dec 2013 11:12 am

- Mannheim steamroller
- Vince Guaraldi
- Nat King Cole
- Bing Crosby
- Frank Sinatra
- Tony Bennett
- Andy Williams
- Willie Nelson
- Rhonda Vincent
- Charlie Daniels Band

and most of the other standards that everybody listens to.

Kevin Brown · Post by **Kevin Brown** » 11 Dec 2013 12:58 pm

Hi folks I thought this might seem appropriate
https://kevinbrown1.bandcamp.com/album/home-for-xmas.

Stephen Abruzzo · Post by **Stephen Abruzzo** » 11 Dec 2013 1:49 pm

The Tractors "Christmas"

Len Amaral · Post by **Len Amaral** » 12 Dec 2013 2:58 am

Years ago I bought a no name CD called "Pickin on Christmas" and there were no credits listed but it was professionally recorded and some beautiful steel guitar playing and arrangements.

With Serious radio in my car there are various styles available. The blues channel last year had a "Blue Yule" hour. Very different and inspiring.

Also, Nat King Cole "The Christmas Song" was my dad's
favorite.

Tony Lombardo · Post by **Tony Lombardo** » 12 Dec 2013 3:08 am

Every December, I seem to hover around Christmas recording by Nancy Wilson, Vince Guaraldi, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, and Joni James. A few years ago, I discovered a beautiful Christmas tune recorded by Claire Lynch called "Heaven's Light" that has definitely made its way into the rotation.

Tony L.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 12 Dec 2013 7:22 am

Moved to Music from Steel Without Pedals.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 12 Dec 2013 8:12 am

Blue Xmas by Miles Davis, sung by Bob Dorough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-dPUXSWoew

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 12 Dec 2013 8:38 am

Certainly NOT Christmas music.

Gary Spaeth · Post by **Gary Spaeth** » 12 Dec 2013 11:10 am

the black album. has one christmas song on it, greensleeves aka what child is this. close enough.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 12 Dec 2013 4:37 pm

Depending on my mood, either this,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52db1eVHQjw

or this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk4woNRD7NQ

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 12 Dec 2013 9:48 pm

I listen to all the classics like Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Bobby Helms, and many others. For steel playing, there's a cd I love to play steel with called "Christmas In Nashville" and a few of my favorite songs are on there-the record features Tommy White on steel. My favorite songs to play with on that record are "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" by Judy Rodman, an artist I loved as a kid, "O Holy Night" an instrumental where Tommy White plays the chorus, "Silent Night" by an artist named Darren Robbins, and a beautiful version of one of my favorite Christmas songs, "Away In A Manger" by an artist named Regina Leigh-probably one of the best versions I've heard with a steel solo. And also, since I'm a huge fan of the Home Alone" movie, the theme song of that movie called "Somewhere In My Memory" is a favorite of mine-I listen to it, then play along with it on steel.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 12 Dec 2013 11:28 pm

Leon Redbone's "Christmas Island" CD.

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.

Garry Vanderlinde · Post by **Garry Vanderlinde** » 12 Dec 2013 11:56 pm

Jerry Byrd "Christmas In Hawaii". For a steel player it doesn't get any better than this. Highly recommended!
Guilty pleasure, Los Straitjackets X-Mas

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 13 Dec 2013 9:21 am

I'm also a huge Mannheim Steamroller fan as far as their Christmas music goes.

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 14 Dec 2013 12:13 am

Dom Franco wrote:I like the old Christmas classics... Bing, Gene Autry, Nat King Cole and perhaps up to and including the Carpenters. The new Christmas stuff just doesn't appeal to me.
Dom

Same here, although the early 1960s are my cutoff point. Andy Williams's 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' is perhaps the last good one recorded.