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Tuesdays, 8 p.m. to midnight
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Playlist for December 22, 1998

The Holiday Show

Our annual holiday show proved to be the best yet, with Brian Libbey (Host of the Accidental Blues) joining us in-studio to pick out a variety of both traditional (and not-so-traditional) T&T holiday favorites. We also gave out copies of Robert Earl Keen's new album "Walking Distance" to the first person to call in when we played both "Merry Christmas from the Family" and "Happy Holidays Y'all".

Format is:
Artist - Song
Album/Label
 
Link Wray - Rawhide (T&T Theme Song)
Walkin' With Link/Epic-Legacy

Steve Earle - Christmas in Washington
El Corazon/E-Squared

Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Blue Valentine/Asylum

The Chieftains - Bells of Dublin Christmas Eve
The Bells of Dublin/RCA-Victor

Mike Ireland and Holler - Christmas Past
Learning How to Live/SubPop-Sire

John Prine - Christmas in Prison
A John Prine Christmas/Oh Boy

Lyle Lovett - Christmas Morning
Road to Ensenada/Curb-MCA

Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot Christmas
Christmas Caravan/Mammoth

The Ventures - Sleigh Ride
The Ventures' Christmas Album/Razor & Tie

Klezmer Nutcracker Shirim - Dance of the Latkes Queen
Klezmer Nutcracker Shirim/Newport Class

The Davis Sisters - Christmas Boogie
Hillbilly Boogie/Rhino

Elvis Presley - Here Come Santa Claus
The Complete 50s Elvis/RCA

Riders in the Sky - Christmas at the Triple X Ranch
Must Be Santa!/Rounder

Johnny Horton - They Shined up Rudolph's Nose
Hillybilly Holiday/Rhino

Southern Culture on the Skids - Merry Christmas Baby
Single/DGC

Christmas Jug Band - Waitin' for Santa
Rhythm on the Roof/Globe

Beausoleil - Christmas Bayou
Alligator Stomp/Rhino

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Hillbilly Holiday/Rhino

Reno & Smiley - Christmas Reunion
The True Meaning of Christmas/King

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys - I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time
Christmas Time w/Ralph Stanley/Freeland

The Stanley Brothers - Christmas is Near
The Early King/Starday Years/Highland

Merle Haggard - Goin' Home for Christmas
Goin' Home for Christmas/Epic

Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Moutain Boys - Old Fashioned Christmas
1954-74/Bear Family

Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas from the Family
Gringo Honeymoon/Sugar Hill

Mike Ireland & Holler - Merry Christmas from a Bar
Promo CD/SubPop

Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airman - Daddy's Drinking Up our Christmas
Hillbilly Holiday/Rhino

Buck Owens - Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy
Country Christmas/Rhino

Dwight Yoakam - Santa Claus is Back in Town
Come on Christmas/Reprise

Red Simpson - Truckin' Trees for Christmas
Country Christmas/Rhino

Chris Thile - Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
Tinsel Tunes/Sugar Hill

Tim O'Brien - Making Plans
Sugar Plums/Sugar Hills

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Back to Tennessee
Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours/Self-Released

The Louvin Brothers - O Come All Ye Faithful
Christmas with the Louvin Brothers/Razor & Tie

David Grisman - What Child is This (request)
Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album/Rounder

Jesse McReynolds - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (request)
A Mandolin Christmas/Double J

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Santa Claus
Bluegrass 1959-69/Bear Family

Larry Sparks - Christmas in the Mountains
Christmas in the Hills/Rebel

Chet Atkins - Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Christmas with Chet Atkins/Razor & Tie

Sonny Boy Williamson - Santa Claus
Blue Yule/Rhino

Charles Brown & Johnny Otis - Christmas Come But Once A Year
Bullseye Blues Christmas/Bullseye

Leon Redbone & Dr. John - Frosty the Snowman
Happy Holidays from ASCAP

The Persuasions - You're All I Want for Christmas
You're All I Want for Christmas/Bullseye

Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy - I Want My Baby For Christmas
Blue Yule/Rhino

Fats Domino - Silver Bells
Happy Holidays from ASCAP

Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Hipster Holiday/Rhino

Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
The Complete 50s Elvis/RCA

Flat Duo Jets - I'll Have A Merry Christmas w/o You
7" single/Norton

The Holy Cows - Winter Wonderland
7" single/Picnic Horn

John Wesley Harding - Talking Christmas Goodwill Blues
God Me Do It/Sire-Reprise

The Pogues - Fairy Tale of NY
Essential/Island

John McCutcheon - Christmas in the Trenches
Must Be Santa/Rounder

Freedy Johnston - Have Yourself a Merry Lil' Christmas
CD single/Elektra

The BoDeans - Christmas Time
CD single

The Ventures - Silver Bells
The Ventures Christmas Album/Razor & Tie

Bruce Cockburn - Adeste Fideles
Christmas/Columbia

Bruce Cockburn - Mary Had A Baby
Christmas/Columbia

Roseanne Cash - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Acoustic Christmas/Columbia

The Roches - Do You Hear What I Hear
We 3 Kings/Rykodisc

5 Chinese Brothers - Christmas on Interstate 80
Santa Claustrophobia/Prime CD

Nanci Griffith - On Grafton Street
A Merry Little Christmas/Elektra

John Prine - Silent Night All Day Long
A John Prine Christmas/Oh Boy

Chris Smither - Coventry Carol
The 1996 Holiday EP/Humunculus Music

Elvis Costello and the Cheiftains - St. Stephen's Day Murders
Bells of Dublin/RCA-Victor

Robbie Robertson - Christmas Must Be Tonight
CD single

Robert Earl Keen - Happy Holidays Y'all
Walking Distance/Arista

The Fairfield Four & the Nashville Bluegrass Band - The Last Month of the Year
Tinsel Tunes/Sugar Hill

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours
Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours/Sugar Hill

Texas Tornados - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Happy Holidays from ASCAP

Gene Autry - Santa's Comin' in a Whirlybird
The Christmas Cowboy/Laserlight

Willie Nelson w/Bobbie Nelson - O'Little Town of Bethlehem
All Country Christmas/Finer Arts

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - That's Christmas Time to Me
Bluegrass 1970-79/Bear Family

Bill Keith - Auld Lang Syne
Must Be Santa/Rounder