THROWBACK THURSDAY: Some Sad Old Country Christmas Songs

If you're looking for Christmas cheer ... don't come here.

Deep in heart I do believe that 99-percent of Christmas music sucks the warts. For the most part I agree with these guys.

But there is a major exception. I'm a sucker for a sad country Christmas song.

In my Terrell's Tune-up column last week, I mentioned a song by George Jones (included on Rhino Records' Bummed Out Christmas compilation. It's one of the best country Christmas weepers. Check it out below.



You know it's going to be sad one when Kitty Wells sings "Holidays are lonely days for me ..." at the very beginning of  "Christmas Ain't Christmas Anymore."



This is just one beautiful song by Buck Owens. Hell, I'd even listen to this in July.



Loretta Lynn tugs at your holiday heartstrings with "Christmas Without Daddy."



But the most over-the-top maudlin Christmas tune in the history of country music has to be "Billy's Christmas Wish." This is the saddest Red Sovine song since the Phantom 309 ran over Teddy Bear.

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Have yourself a wacky little Christmas ...

Last Friday in my Terrell's Tune-Up column, I reviewed several wacky (and/or tacky) Christmas albums.

In that spirit, here are some random wacky Christmas songs. Some are tacky too.

Lat's start with the meeting of  two super-groups of the '60s Canned Heat and The Chipmunks



This giant chicken could give the children nightmares



When I was growing up in Oklahoma City in the 1960s, my favorite radio station, WKY, used to play this Little Cindy smash. ... All the damned time every December!



Enjoy some Pantera Christmas lights ...



But nothing says "Merry Christmas" quite like a disturbing Captain Beefheart cover



As The Red Baron told Snoopy,  "Merry Christmas, mein friend!"

It's the Big Enchilada's December Episode!

Call me Scrooge. Call me Grinch. Call me Ishmael. But once again I just couldn't bring myself to produce another damned Christmas show. Sometime in the past couple of holiday seasons, I just burned out on Christmas songs. So, just like last year, once again I'm giving you an hour of crazed rock 'n' roll -- with just a sprinkling of songs from the season. (And if you really need some Christmas music right now, you can find all my Christmas specials HERE)

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Richard Diamond by Buddy Morrow)
You're Humbuggin' Me by Ronnie Dawson
New Facts Emerge by The Fall
White Collar Wolf by The Devils
Flacid is the Night by Pocket FishRmen
Dr. Benway by Mean Motor Scooter
Santa Claus Has Got the AIDS This Year by Tiny Tim

(Background Music: Swing Cremona by Pierre Omer's Swing Revue)
You Won't Get Away With Murder by Gino & The Goons
John Cale by Count Vaseline
The Mess I'm In by Wild Evel & The Trashbones
Nasty Girl, Nasty Boy by The Cavemen
Ain't Got No Life by Mary's Kids
May Day by Tone Rodent
Stick a Knife in His Heart by Casey Jones Dead
Santa's Claws Are Coming to Town by Bill Bachmann

(Background Music: Here Comes Santa Claus by Los Straitjackets)
Papa Barrence's Christmas by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
I Need Somebody by Question Mark & The Mysterians
Come On by Reptilians from Andromeda 
Fly Like a Rat by Quintron & Miss Pussycat
Black Shiny Beast by Buick MacKane
(Background Music: Auld Lang Syne by Brave Combo)

Play it below:

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
You're Humbuggin' Me by Rocket Morgan
Second House Now by The Fall
The Leader is Burning by Pocket FishRMen
Diddy Wah Diddy by Captain Beefheart
I Ain't Got No by Mary's Kids
Break a Guitar by Ty Segall
Red Grave by The Devils
Signal by Boss Hog
Danger by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Santa Claus Has Got the AIDS This Year by Tiny Tim
Happy Birthday Jesus by Little Cindy

Drowned Beast by Thee Oh Sees
Comet by Baronen & Satan
Moon by Travel in Space
There Ain't No Other Way by The Blasting Fondas
Church Mouse by Nobunny
Heavy is the Head That Wears the Crown by Count Vaseline
I Found a Peanut by Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds
Strange Days by The Darts
Egg Nog by The Rockin' Guys

Rock and Soul by Country Joe & The Fish
Kiss and Ride by King Soul
Man With Soul by Alex Maiorano & The Black Tales
King of the Jungle by King Khan & The Shrines
Wonderful Girl by Jack Mack & The Heart Attack
House Party II by The Soul Deacons
Galactic Zoo by Swamp Dog

Beginning to See the Light by The Velvet Underground
Usurpentine by Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons
Demona by Dead Moon
Fish Out of Water by Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls
O Holy Night by Brian Wilson
Star of Wonder by The Roches
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, Dec. , 2017
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens
99 Problems by Hugo
Midnight Train to Memphis by Chris Stapleton
I'm Still Drunk by Chris Shiflett
LSD Made a Wreck Out of Me by T. Tex Edwards & Out on Patrol
My Last Ride by The Dad Horse Experience
Between the Ditches by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Swingin' Cat by Felton Jarvis
White Trash by Southern Culture on the Skids
Mother's Chile by The War & Treaty
Somebody Stole My Santa Suit by Dan Hicks & The Christmas Jugband

I Buried Your Love Alive by Ashley Monroe
Nothing Rambling by Eilen Jewell
Do Right by Me by Margo Price
Alabama Wild Man by Jerry Reed
Garden of Delights by Legendary Shack Shakers
Old Town Drunk by Clark Bentley
Hop Old Rabbit by Elizabeth LaPrelle
Lonely Christmas Call by George Jones

A Week in a County Jail by Tom T. Hall
How I Got to Memphis by The V-Roys
One Toke Over the Line by Jeannie C. Riley
Harper Valley PTA by Syd Straw & The Skeletons
The Preacher and the Movie by Lawton Williams
I'm on Fire by Whitey Morgan & The 78s
The Sound of Laughter by Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre
Walking Backwards by Pork Chop Party
Out in the Smokehouse Takin' a Bath by Leroy Pullins
Christmas Eve Can Kill You by The Everly Brothers

He'll Have to Go by Ry Cooder
Please Don't Say Goodbye by Marty Stuart
Something Happens by Peter Case
Airplane by David Rawlings
Lady May by Tyler Childers
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets



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