On the Right Side of Christmas 2020

       I don't have anything insightful or deep to say about Christmas music (or Christmas) in a pandemic, though I do think the cover art for this year's comp is somehow apt for 2020.   As usual, I've re-upped all the previous Xmas compilations.  Also, if you're looking for a deeper dig into Christmas music, I highly recommend the site Hip Christmas.

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White Christmas	Big Maybelle
Merry Christmas Baby	Bonnie Raitt & Charles Brown
Santa Claus Baby	The Voices
Reindeer Boogie	Hank Snow
The Little King Jesus	The Joystrings
Rock & Roll Santa	5.6.7.8's
Felicidades	Cheo Feliciano
Holiday On Skis	Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani
Why Should Christmas Be So Hard	Attic Lights
The Night Before Christmas	The Playboys
Christmas Time Is Here	Ed Harcourt
Middle of Winter	Peppermint Harris
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	T Bone Burnett
Everything's Changed At Christmas But You	Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto	Anthony Hamilton
Hey Santa Claus	The Moonglows
Brand New Christmas	Hot Chocolate
The Little Drummer Boy	Dandy Warhols
Down We Go (Sledding Song)	Mac McCaughan & Annie Hayden
Wake up Christmas Morning	The Mighty Spoiler
Heart On Snow	Marc Almond
Christmas Fais Do Do	Marcia Ball
Crazy Santa Claus	The Debonaires
Auld Lang Syne	B. B. King

 

Dylan, Hank, and Townes

       I was more than a little ambivalent/nervous about putting together a compilation of Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Townes Van Zandt given their vast catalogs and, more pertinently, my relative lack of expertise about all three. It's also why I didn't try to come up with a thematic approach like Dylan, Hank and Townes sing about death.  But, as someone else must have said at some point, a homage is still a homage.  I tried not to include too many standards, but I just couldn't pass up including some.  Anwyay, hope the combination of the three works for folks.  Also, I re-upped my Townes Van Zandt tribute compilations.

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  Volume 1

Meet Me In The Morning	Bob Dylan
No Deal	Townes Van Zandt
I Don't Care	Hank Williams
The Prodigal Son	Hank Williams
Song To Woody	Bob Dylan
Forever, For Always, For Certain	Townes Van Zandt
Tennessee Border	Hank Williams
At My Window	Townes Van Zandt
Most of the Time	Bob Dylan
May You Never Be Alone	Hank Williams
Snake Song	Townes Van Zandt
As I Went Out One Morning	Bob Dylan
The Love That Faded	Bob Dylan
My Sweet Love Ain't Around	Hank Williams
Pancho And Lefty	Townes Van Zandt
A Mansion On The Hill	Hank Williams
Ballad of a Thin Man	Bob Dylan
Waiting Around To Die	Townes Van Zandt
Volume 2
Lost Highway	Hank Williams
No Lonesome Tune	Townes Van Zandt
Obviously Five Believers	Bob Dylan
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum	Bob Dylan
Man Gave Names To All The Animals	Townes Van Zandt
Six More Miles (to the Graveyard)	Hank Williams
I'll Keep It with Mine	Bob Dylan
None but the Rain	Townes Van Zandt
We Live in Two Different Worlds	Hank Williams
Pretty Boy Floyd	Bob Dylan
Only Him or He	Townes Van Zandt
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Townes Van Zandt
I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive	Hank Williams
That's All Right, Mama	Bob Dylan
I'll Be A Bachelor 'Til I Die	Hank Williams
Rex's Blues	Townes Van Zandt
They'll Never Take Her Love From Me	Hank Williams
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You	Bob Dylan