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(102,361 posts)...still makes me smile...
red dog 1
(27,850 posts)(Go figure)
hlthe2b
(102,361 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)SixString
(1,057 posts)Lindsay
(3,276 posts)There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight
(You did say offbeat. )
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Leon Redbone, with Cindy Cashdollar on dobro.
red dog 1
(27,850 posts)Wow!..What a moniker!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)While I appreciate Jerry Douglas' virtuosity, I also like Cashdollar's more traditional approach.
catbyte
(34,452 posts)red dog 1
(27,850 posts)I heard it played just last week on the radio as part of a comedy Christmas show.
GreydeeThos
(958 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)FSogol
(45,527 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,984 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,856 posts)LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)Sounds typical for the time period...
Read that it had some "chromaticism" that was a few centuries ahead of time, but LOL I can't hear it!!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,856 posts)Gesualdo was another example - but the abrupt key changes were at least unusual for the time, and a bit startling if you're used to Palestrina.
912gdm
(959 posts)red dog 1
(27,850 posts)FSogol
(45,527 posts)FSogol
(45,527 posts)July
(4,751 posts)Always makes me think of my late brother, my Irish twin, who introduced me to the Pretenders and loved snow and Christmas and life itself.
"Sometimes in a dream, you appear."
red dog 1
(27,850 posts)(Sorry to hear about your brother)
July
(4,751 posts)appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,612 posts)The first album I ever owned was "A Child's Garden of Freberg." This song was not on that album, but it was on another Stan Freberg album that I owned.
Thank you.
Brother Buzz
(36,466 posts)Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit (more Christmas Jug Band music - Dan Hick lead vocals and Turtle Vandemarr playing that sweat lead guitar)
DFW
(54,437 posts)red dog 1
(27,850 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,612 posts)Root Boy Slim relaxing in his Takoma Park, Maryland home in 1980
Root Boy Slim (July 9, 1944 June 8, 1993) was the stage name assumed by American musician, Foster MacKenzie III. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he was raised in Washington, D.C.'s Maryland suburbs. An exceptionally bright child, with parents able to afford a series of costly prep schools, MacKenzie attended Yale University. He returned to Maryland upon receiving his bachelor's degree and was diagnosed with schizophrenia following an LSD-induced psychotic episode. In the 1970s, he formed his own alternative rock band, including some young but talented musicians (such as tenor saxophonist Ron Holloway) and an ensemble titled Crying Out Loud. Mackenzie's group was ultimately billed as Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band. Although the band cultivated a dedicated fan base, it was largely confined to the Washington metropolitan area.
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Sex Change Band
Mackenzie adopted the stage name of Root Boy Slim, and formed a blues rock band, which he dubbed "Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band." His backup singers were called the Rootettes. The band members were stridently different than most club fare. Root Boy was fat, had greasy hair, and almost always seemed to be in a drug- or alcohol-induced stupor. The band was a fixture in the mid-Atlantic Blues/Rock scene, and favored a mix of Memphis-style boogie rock/blues.
Root Boy and company traveled the club circuit, until a self-produced recording caught the ear of some A&R representatives at Warner Bros. Records. That song was called "Christmas At Kmart" and it landed the band a $250,000 contract with Warner Bros. That tune and the follow-up LP demonstrated Root and the band's penchant for writing tunes relating to pop-culture.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)Not really an offbeat song, but an offbeat version of it...
JDC
(10,133 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,634 posts)doc03
(35,369 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,398 posts)red dog 1
(27,850 posts)Yeah, that's definitely in the category of "offbeat"
GreydeeThos
(958 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)red dog 1
(27,850 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Not really a song, but definitely offbeat.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)Have a crazy cool Christmas, but dont get knocked out!
Neema
(1,151 posts)Two of my favorites.
TeamPooka
(24,255 posts)ohtransplant
(1,488 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)econ 101
(6 posts)Red Raider 85
(106 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)I first heard him sing it live on a local radio talk show many years ago. It had not even been recorded.