Jodi’s Texas Music Christmas
About 15 years or so ago, one Christmas, my brother, then at Texas A&M, came home with a CD for us all to listen to cause one of the songs on it reminded him of our family. After just the first few lyrics, “Mom got drunk and dad got drunk, at our Christmas party, we were drinking champagne punch and homemade eggnog” my Mamma and Daddy, Uncle Mike, cousins and Bigmamma died laughing…. Yep that was us. Almost to a T!
Well, my brother gave me that CD (Gringo Honeymoon) and I loved it, and a year or so later I bought the great Robert Earl Keen’s next CD, No 2 Live Dinner, but that is another story) Luckily, other Texas artists have put out some great Christmas music, enough for me to have a playlist made entirely of Texas Christmas Music. (Okay, some of these folks may not have been born here, but we are cool with that)
I’m always looking for more… so let me know if your favorite isn’t on here.
- When it’s Christmas Time in Texas George Strait
- Santa Looked a lot like Daddy Kelly Willis
- Pretty Paper Willie Nelson
- Grateful For Christmas Hayes Carll
- Santa Baby Kelly Willis
- Please Daddy Don’t Get Drunk Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Asleep at the Wheel/Jack Ingram
- Christmas Cookies George Strait
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas LeeAnn Womack
- Christmas in Texas Asleep at the Wheel/Kevin Fowler
- Silent Night Asleep at the WHeel
- Away in a Manger Waylon Jennings
- Baby it’s Cold Outside Kelly Willis/Bruce Robison
- There’s a New Kid in Town George Strait
- Nothing but a Child Steve Earl
- Merry Christmas to You Billy Joe Shaver
- Hot Texas Christmas Day Asleep at the Wheel/Dale Watson
- Merry Christmas From the Family Robert Earl Keen
- Happy Holiday’s Yall Robert Earl Keen
November 29th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
No RRB, “please come home for Christmas”