This week has been stress with a capital S, and when you throw in a little bug for good measure, it’s a perfect recipe for the holiday blues. There has been a feeling of homesickness creeping up on me the past week, but not feeling well just opened the floodgates. So it really was perfect timing when Will-W. posted his version of “Blue Christmas” last night. No gospel choir singers or bombastic arrangements are necessary when you have a quality singer singing a quality song, right? And to sweeten the pot, the song is available for free on his website. That fits PERFECTLY into my gift-giving budget this year!
While we are talking about free Christmas songs, make sure you check out Amazon’s 25 Days of Free promotion, where they are giving away a free Christmas song every day through the 25th. Among those already available for download are selections by Tori Amos, Lady GaGa, Jars of Clay, and Todd Agnew. It’s a bit hit or miss on the quality (really, did the world need GaGa’s take on “Deck the Halls”?), but with the selection they are offering, there’s probably something there for everyone’s taste. My favorite so far has been Richie McDonald’s take on “O Holy Night”. You might remember Richie as the former lead singer of Lonestar, whose hit “Amazed” crossed over to the pop charts in a big way in 1999 and 2000, both in the US and the UK.
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Oh I do enjoy new versions of old Christmas! Always welcomed. Will’s version is lovely and sounds quite delightful played back to back with his take on Crazy For You 🙂
Ah, another good cover! Some things should be left alone unless they can be properly revised, and this is definitely “proper.”
Agreed. Will-W’s version is very nice.
Thanks boys! Hugs:’)
I got a note from the IPFI the other day re: my track and have a few administrative things to work out before re-posting it.
xW