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Roots and Rhythms
Wednesday December 24th, 2014 with Lloyd Smiley
Christmas Eve!

Merry Xmas Eve! Here's that link to the TVO documentary "Jingle Bell Rocks!" I promised: http://tvo.org/video/209634/jingle-bell-rocks
Merry Christmas
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Feelin' Good
Gettin' Ready for Christmas Day
Rev. J.M. Gates - Goodbye, Babylon
Christmas is a-Comin'
Leadbelly - Leadbelly Sings for Children
Christmas Eve Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Blues Images Presents 1920s Blues Classics vol. II
Just a Lonely Christmas
The Moonglows - Christmas Essentials Vol.1
1913 Massacre
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - (I'm not sure it's actually Ramblin' Jack!)
Christmas in Prison
John Prine - Sweet Revenge
Here's a bonus Christmas present for all you ON DEMAND listeners... listening, for some reason, at least a week after the actual holiday. It's me, Lloyd Smiley, singing a cover of the John Prine song above. Enjoy! (?)
http://www.reverbnation.com/joffinator/song/22579055-christmas-in-prison-john-prine
Christmas in Jail
Leroy Carr - 1920s Classic Blues
Christmas Morning
Titus Turner - he Very Best Of...
Santa Claus
Sonny Boy WIlliamson - Bummer Road
'Zat You, Santa Claus?
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful Christmas
The Night Before Christmas
John Hartford - A John Hartford Christmas
Christmas Eve
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Spanish Dance Troupe
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Nick Lowe - Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family
Christmas Must Be Tonight
The Band - Islands
My Evergreen
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Christmas Caravan
Who Took the Merry out of Christmas
Staple Singers - We'll Get Over
I Want Elvis for Christmas
Eddie Cochran feat. Holly Twins - Sessions 1955-1962
Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
Carla Thomas - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968
Blue Xmas
Bob Dorough with Miles Davis - Jingle Bell Jazz