Taking inspiration from an elderly couple singing songs and selling tapes at a Furr’s Cafeteria in Las Vegas I decided the old ball and chain and I would record some songs. The result is a mashed together version of all kinds of different experiments with mixing, jokes, original songs and other such things mostly comprised of first takes. Personally I am proud of this piece of work given the low number of takes and the fact that we were recording in a closet in our old barrio.
Good King Wenceslas
I have always thought it was a weird song. Who is Wenceslas and what is the feast of Stephen? It has a nice sound though and I hear my aunt really likes it.
Still Still Still
We just wanted to try this one out.
Winter Wonderland
Comedy Gold in my opinion. Done with a lounge style and some creative mixing to really ham it up.
One Day and a Night and a Day
This is an original that was semi-inspired by the style of Charles Ives.
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
We tried some crazy stuff at the end that I think is pretty cool with ebow type sounds at the end.
O Little Town of Bethlehem
I can’t help but think of the elderly couple singing songs at Furr’s cafeteria in Las Vegas, every time I was ever there, when I hear this one, which then leads me to think about really thick macaroni and cheese.
The First Noel
Just wanted to try our hand at this one too.
Pine Mountain
This original instrumental is named for a brand of fireplace logs but also now has reference to a mountain near Baker Nevada that is not named “Pine” but has a lot of pine cones on it.
Holly Jolly Christmas
Another goofy shout out to the Furr’s band from my memories.
Silent Night
We didn’t think we could get away without doing this one.
What Child is This?
What the heck? Why not this one too?
There you have them. On to our next huge embarrassing failure.