Song Insight: Silent Night

Song Insight: Silent Night

In my Los Angeles days, Todd Johnson and I played a bunch of duo concerts and even made a tour together in the Pacific Northwest. This wasn’t your typical duo because Todd plays 6-string electric bass. He could do all the melodies, chords, and bass lines without me,...
Song Insight: Count Your Blessings

Song Insight: Count Your Blessings

This song comes from Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”. It gets counted as a holiday song because of the show, but I think the theme is good all year round. I also want to give some kudos to Magnus Hjorth. He plays ever so elegantly on this track. He has two little...
Song Insight: Christmas Will Really Be Christmas

Song Insight: Christmas Will Really Be Christmas

I’m back to Lou Rawls again. He was such a badazz. This song is really a theme from the 1960’s where issues of social justice were at the forefront of people’s minds. I think the message is just as relevant today as it was back then. We need to take...
Song Insight: Christmas Will Really Be Christmas

Song Insight: Christmas Will Really Be Christmas

Lou Rawles sang this song in 1967 on his album Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho! This was right in the middle of the civil rights movement in the United States. There was a lot of social unrest and people weren’t very kind to each other. Thinking about the turmoil...

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