Yes, it's me once again!! I posted an earlier Christmas day blog entry filled with several YouTube clips from Ray Stevens and here I am creating a new blog entry to spotlight the audio of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", a Christmas standard that Ray Stevens recorded in 2009. The song is part of his second Christmas album, Ray Stevens Christmas. I've heard a lot of versions of that song but I'd never heard it performed in the manner in which Ray Stevens delivered it...with a generous helping of echo and vocal over-dubs in addition to the prominent presence of the saxophone. The 2009 Christmas CD was no laughing matter...a completely serious album from beginning to end. The music tilted toward jazz/big-band. You can purchase the Mp3 by clicking this LINK. It's a wonderful collection of Christmas songs done in Ray's own style.
The album was not heavily promoted during Christmas 2009 due to other recordings from Ray over-shadowing it. Check the blog archives in November/December 2009 and the entirety of 2010 for what was going on in his career. The album wasn't promoted in 2011, either...but eventually Ray made a music video in 2012 for a song from this album, his Drifters-inspired version of "White Christmas". This was the year he also released music videos for "Redneck Christmas", "Merry Christmas", and his take on the stuttering version of "Blue Christmas"...a novelty single that had been an annual staple on AM and FM radio stations for a number of years at Christmas time. The stuttering rendition had originally been recorded by a fictional group billed as Seymour Swine and the Squealers. Ray had recorded a serious version of "Blue Christmas" for the 2009 CD...but when he decided to record his version of Seymour Swine's rendition in 2012 Ray issued it as a CD single accompanied with the serious rendition...as well as it's debut as a music video on YouTube.
The latest upload...the audio clip of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"...
This audio was uploaded back on December 18th and it's for his clever "Greatest Little Christmas Ever Wuz". A little bit of history surrounding this song is that Ray had originally written and recorded it for a various artists compilation album MCA released in 1985 called Tennessee Christmas. Ray re-recorded the song in 1997 for his first Christmas album, Christmas Through a Different Window. The 1985 recording of the song occasionally popped up on AM radio stations during Christmas season when I was a kid and teenager but I'd never owned a copy of it. I'd always remembered bits and pieces of it, though. Anyway, once it became available on his 1997 Christmas album I felt a sense of euphoria...at long last I had that song in my possession!! It's a very clever song...blending catchphrases and traditions of every major holiday and rolling them up into one. If you don't find yourself grinning or feeling happy when listening to this song then you've got ice in your veins and perhaps resemble the Grinch or Ebeneezer Scrooge when looking in the mirror.
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December 25, 2019
December 24, 2017
Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville...Deborah Allen
I just finished watching the most recent episode of Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville. Since I had to go into work Saturday night I wasn't home to watch it at the normal time (8pm Eastern) and so I watched the DVR recording. The special guest happened to be Deborah Allen.
Ray opened the show, dressed in a red jacket, singing "Mary and Joseph and the Baby and Me". The donkey sound effects heard on the recording and used as a visual effect (a puppet) in the music video weren't on display during the performance. It was a great performance but it wasn't as lengthy as the music video/audio recording due to the fact that in the performance there wasn't a flute solo and he didn't close the song with a repeat of the chorus so it came off abbreviated but yet lyrically he sang the complete song. The music video aired on last week's episode. Following the performance came the music video of "Santa Claus is Watching You" which he performed on last week's episode.
Ray introduced Deborah and spoke of her husband and mentioned that he was one of his former road managers. They spoke of his gift at making Gumbo. She wore a bright red dress and red gloves and gifted Ray with something special: nuts. It was sort of a gag gift, of course, given Ray's reputation for zany and off-the-wall recordings. He sings a bit of his stuttering version of "Blue Christmas" for her and they both sing a duet of "White Christmas". After their performance Deborah makes mention of a different version of the song that she grew up hearing by The Drifters...kind of a set-up given that Ray recorded his rendition of the Drifters arrangement of "White Christmas" on his 2009 Christmas CD. She sings the lead on their second duet while he plays piano and sings harmony. This is followed by the music video of "Nightmare Before Christmas" which he performed on last week's episode. On last week's episode Santa Claus could be seen seated in the audience but this week a gorilla in a Santa hat was seen seated among the audience.
Deborah sings "Rockin' Little Christmas" and earlier made mention of a Christmas CD of older and newer songs by the same title. The song she sang happened to be one of those older songs. I did a search and found out she originally released it in 1984 and a music video exists. In keeping with the music and the song's title she definitely came across rocking and bouncy. You can see a bit of that performance in the advertisement clip below. It's followed by a lively performance of "Redneck Christmas" in which his harmony singers perform most of the audio effects that Ray originally performed on the recording.
Next week's episode is the New Year's Eve show and it features Ray and his band...no guests...and afterward the local PBS affiliate will begin repeating the previous episodes. All new episodes won't be airing, at least here locally, until sometime in either late spring or early summer of 2018 and speaking of which...
The news was released a couple days ago that Ray's much-anticipated venue, CabaRay, will have it's grand opening on January 18th!! Tickets for the opening night will go on sale on January 2nd. This means that more than likely the next round of tapings for his TV show are going to take place at the CabaRay. I can't wait to see the inside of the venue once those episodes begin to air. In the back of my mind I've been thinking about making the trip to Nashville to attend one of the shows...we shall see if that ever becomes a reality, though. I'm not a traveler...at least not one of great distance...and Tennessee is a couple of states away from mine. But anyway...I wanted to make some sort of announcement about his venue finally having a grand opening date...and here's to it's success!! A video of the exterior is available on YouTube...with an instrumental of "Misty" in the background...
Ray opened the show, dressed in a red jacket, singing "Mary and Joseph and the Baby and Me". The donkey sound effects heard on the recording and used as a visual effect (a puppet) in the music video weren't on display during the performance. It was a great performance but it wasn't as lengthy as the music video/audio recording due to the fact that in the performance there wasn't a flute solo and he didn't close the song with a repeat of the chorus so it came off abbreviated but yet lyrically he sang the complete song. The music video aired on last week's episode. Following the performance came the music video of "Santa Claus is Watching You" which he performed on last week's episode.
Ray introduced Deborah and spoke of her husband and mentioned that he was one of his former road managers. They spoke of his gift at making Gumbo. She wore a bright red dress and red gloves and gifted Ray with something special: nuts. It was sort of a gag gift, of course, given Ray's reputation for zany and off-the-wall recordings. He sings a bit of his stuttering version of "Blue Christmas" for her and they both sing a duet of "White Christmas". After their performance Deborah makes mention of a different version of the song that she grew up hearing by The Drifters...kind of a set-up given that Ray recorded his rendition of the Drifters arrangement of "White Christmas" on his 2009 Christmas CD. She sings the lead on their second duet while he plays piano and sings harmony. This is followed by the music video of "Nightmare Before Christmas" which he performed on last week's episode. On last week's episode Santa Claus could be seen seated in the audience but this week a gorilla in a Santa hat was seen seated among the audience.
Deborah sings "Rockin' Little Christmas" and earlier made mention of a Christmas CD of older and newer songs by the same title. The song she sang happened to be one of those older songs. I did a search and found out she originally released it in 1984 and a music video exists. In keeping with the music and the song's title she definitely came across rocking and bouncy. You can see a bit of that performance in the advertisement clip below. It's followed by a lively performance of "Redneck Christmas" in which his harmony singers perform most of the audio effects that Ray originally performed on the recording.
Next week's episode is the New Year's Eve show and it features Ray and his band...no guests...and afterward the local PBS affiliate will begin repeating the previous episodes. All new episodes won't be airing, at least here locally, until sometime in either late spring or early summer of 2018 and speaking of which...
The news was released a couple days ago that Ray's much-anticipated venue, CabaRay, will have it's grand opening on January 18th!! Tickets for the opening night will go on sale on January 2nd. This means that more than likely the next round of tapings for his TV show are going to take place at the CabaRay. I can't wait to see the inside of the venue once those episodes begin to air. In the back of my mind I've been thinking about making the trip to Nashville to attend one of the shows...we shall see if that ever becomes a reality, though. I'm not a traveler...at least not one of great distance...and Tennessee is a couple of states away from mine. But anyway...I wanted to make some sort of announcement about his venue finally having a grand opening date...and here's to it's success!! A video of the exterior is available on YouTube...with an instrumental of "Misty" in the background...
December 18, 2017
Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville...Suzy Bogguss
Oh yes it's me once more bringing a recap of the most recent episode of Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville. This particular episode happens to be Christmas themed and it guest stars Suzy Bogguss. If you're a fan of country music you should be familiar with several recordings from Suzy...especially a song called "Someday Soon" or at the very least, "Outbound Plane" or "Drive South".
I first heard of her by way of a duet she did with a clean shaven Lee Greenwood titled "Hopelessly Yours", a song that was nominated for a Grammy and had become a popular music video on The Nashville Network in the early 1990s. But getting back to Saturday night's episode...
Ray opened the Christmas themed episode singing his biggest holiday hit, "Santa Claus is Watching You". He performed the rewritten version from his 1985 I Have Returned album (a song which holds the distinction of being his very first music video). Given that a lot of episodes of late have centered on classic rhythm and blues and pop music I had, in the back of my mind, thought that Ray may perform the original version of the song (from Christmas time 1962) which comes off much more as a children's song rather than the 1985 version which is rewritten as a cheating song. The only things in common in both recordings are some of the hook lines, the overall melody, and the title. In this performance the harmony singers do the "he's everywhere, he's everywhere!" catch phrase and for visual effect there's a man dressed as Santa seated in the audience.
After the opening performance Ray brings out Suzy and she's asked about how she spends the holiday's. She speaks about going back to her home state of Illinois but also mentions that her husband is from Florida and a discussion about the extremes in weather is brought up. This ultimately leads into a performance of "Baby, It's Cold Outside". They discuss Chet Atkins (she recorded an album with him titled Simpatico). If you listen to what's billed as Christmas radio this time of the year (usually programmed on Adult-Contemporary radio stations) you're no doubt going to hear some version of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" come up at some point. In 2007 a studio created version between Martina McBride and Dean Martin often comes up on radio stations. The most recent hit recording is by Michael Buble and Idina Menzel and it's currently the most played version of the song (it hit number one several years ago). Even though the song goes back to the 1940s and there's been humorous parody versions recorded in the past, that I've since heard, I had never actually heard the song until I discovered a 1990 recording by Barry Manilow and KT Oslin. After hearing it I've since become familiar with some of the other recordings. To date Ray has never recorded the song but he performed it on Saturday night's episode.
Ray gives the song a different take and doesn't necessarily perform the reaction lines one might expect to hear if you're familiar with the recording. Suzy performs the lyrics straight while Ray offers comical reaction lines. The reaction lines get to be so comical that Suzy breaks up near the end of the song while she's singing. After this performance the music video of "Mary and Joseph and the Baby and Me" is aired. Suzy performs "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". During an instrumental break in the song Ray and Suzy start to slow dance. Afterward Ray performs "The Nightmare Before Christmas". At various moments in the song the camera pans to the audience to find Santa Claus giving facial expressions and other visual reaction to a song written about political correctness attempting to destroy the innocence of Christmas as Santa's taken to court to 'answer' to all the so-called crimes charged against him in the name of political correctness. As the Judge (Ray) reads off his decision at the end of the song the camera turns to Santa who, by now, has a look of absolute joy and euphoria over the outcome of the trial. This is followed by the music video of "Blue Christmas" prior to the episode wrapping up.
This coming Saturday (December 23rd) a second Christmas-themed episode will air. The guest star will be Deborah Allen.
I first heard of her by way of a duet she did with a clean shaven Lee Greenwood titled "Hopelessly Yours", a song that was nominated for a Grammy and had become a popular music video on The Nashville Network in the early 1990s. But getting back to Saturday night's episode...
Ray opened the Christmas themed episode singing his biggest holiday hit, "Santa Claus is Watching You". He performed the rewritten version from his 1985 I Have Returned album (a song which holds the distinction of being his very first music video). Given that a lot of episodes of late have centered on classic rhythm and blues and pop music I had, in the back of my mind, thought that Ray may perform the original version of the song (from Christmas time 1962) which comes off much more as a children's song rather than the 1985 version which is rewritten as a cheating song. The only things in common in both recordings are some of the hook lines, the overall melody, and the title. In this performance the harmony singers do the "he's everywhere, he's everywhere!" catch phrase and for visual effect there's a man dressed as Santa seated in the audience.
Ray gives the song a different take and doesn't necessarily perform the reaction lines one might expect to hear if you're familiar with the recording. Suzy performs the lyrics straight while Ray offers comical reaction lines. The reaction lines get to be so comical that Suzy breaks up near the end of the song while she's singing. After this performance the music video of "Mary and Joseph and the Baby and Me" is aired. Suzy performs "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". During an instrumental break in the song Ray and Suzy start to slow dance. Afterward Ray performs "The Nightmare Before Christmas". At various moments in the song the camera pans to the audience to find Santa Claus giving facial expressions and other visual reaction to a song written about political correctness attempting to destroy the innocence of Christmas as Santa's taken to court to 'answer' to all the so-called crimes charged against him in the name of political correctness. As the Judge (Ray) reads off his decision at the end of the song the camera turns to Santa who, by now, has a look of absolute joy and euphoria over the outcome of the trial. This is followed by the music video of "Blue Christmas" prior to the episode wrapping up.
This coming Saturday (December 23rd) a second Christmas-themed episode will air. The guest star will be Deborah Allen.
September 3, 2014
Ray Stevens: Rayality TV webisode 21...
Hello all...it's suddenly September!! This past Friday an installment of Rayality TV didn't appear on-line...I assume it most certainly had to do with the busy activities of Ray and company in the days after the release of The Gospel Collection, Volume One CD on August 19th. I hope those reading took advantage of my previous blog post and visited either of those six on-line music stores that I provided a link to. In case you missed the previous blog post I did you can either search the archives or click this LINK.
The link takes you to the official Ray Stevens store's product page for the gospel CD. You can also purchase it at other stores, too. In case you're wondering if an Mp3 exists the answer is yes. If you visit Amazon and search in the Digital Music section for 'Ray Stevens Gospel Collection', you'll see the Mp3 edition of the CD available for sale, too. The Mp3 doesn't have any reviews, though. The CD copy has my review and a review by another customer. The second review appeared on Amazon today. My review was published back on August 23rd.
Rayality TV 19 and 20 carried a Christmas theme and this one carries the theme even further and it's referred to as "Christmas In August, Part Three". Evidently, going by the title, this installment of the series had been put together late last month but, as mentioned, didn't make it to YouTube until today. The music videos of "Blue Christmas" and "Nightmare Before Christmas" make an appearance sandwiched between Ray's commentary about the season and political correctness.
In other news, Ray Stevens is scheduled to appear on The Grand Ole Opry on September 12th. This is referred to as the Friday Night Opry, technically, and Ray is scheduled to make an appearance on the 12th. At this time I have no idea which segment Ray is to make an appearance. I assume he'll appear during the last portion but it's hard to tell. You can listen to the Opry on WSM radio's website by simply clicking the Listen Live audio button. After the Opry broadcast Ray is to sign copies of his Nashville memoir. You can read about that book signing HERE.
The link takes you to the official Ray Stevens store's product page for the gospel CD. You can also purchase it at other stores, too. In case you're wondering if an Mp3 exists the answer is yes. If you visit Amazon and search in the Digital Music section for 'Ray Stevens Gospel Collection', you'll see the Mp3 edition of the CD available for sale, too. The Mp3 doesn't have any reviews, though. The CD copy has my review and a review by another customer. The second review appeared on Amazon today. My review was published back on August 23rd.
Rayality TV 19 and 20 carried a Christmas theme and this one carries the theme even further and it's referred to as "Christmas In August, Part Three". Evidently, going by the title, this installment of the series had been put together late last month but, as mentioned, didn't make it to YouTube until today. The music videos of "Blue Christmas" and "Nightmare Before Christmas" make an appearance sandwiched between Ray's commentary about the season and political correctness.
In other news, Ray Stevens is scheduled to appear on The Grand Ole Opry on September 12th. This is referred to as the Friday Night Opry, technically, and Ray is scheduled to make an appearance on the 12th. At this time I have no idea which segment Ray is to make an appearance. I assume he'll appear during the last portion but it's hard to tell. You can listen to the Opry on WSM radio's website by simply clicking the Listen Live audio button. After the Opry broadcast Ray is to sign copies of his Nashville memoir. You can read about that book signing HERE.
December 7, 2013
Havin' a Ray Stevens Christmas...
It's a cold, blustery December morning in this part of the country. 18 days left until Christmas 2013. It's December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. It's long been the norm that every 5 years there's typically a national memorial of some kind...this being the 72nd anniversary of the 1941 attacks perhaps explains why there's not been much coverage of it in the national media like there had been in 2011 during the 70th anniversary (2011 also marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks). As the day goes on there probably is going to be some stories about December 7, 1941...I don't think a total overlook is going to happen...
This blog entry is about some more Christmas music videos that fans of Ray Stevens can enjoy. In my previous installment I mentioned the "Blue Christmas" (comedy version) available as a music video. It's really a neat video...even more perfect on a cold morning around breakfast time.
Ray made the rounds of several television programs last Christmas season and performed the comical version of "Blue Christmas" in a medley with other Christmas songs. It's been available on You Tube ever since the local channel uploaded it around this time in 2012. You can see that particular video HERE. It's from a local station in the Nashville area. In the performance he does "White Christmas", "Blue Christmas", and "Redneck Christmas".
The official music video of "Redneck Christmas" is located below...
The at-a-glance unique views for all of the Ray Stevens Christmas music videos, as of December 7, 2013 are here:
1. Santa Claus Is Watching You; 2009: 463,881
2. Nightmare Before Christmas; 2010: 325,544
3. Merry Christmas; 2012: 132,003
4. Redneck Christmas; 2012: 114,129
5. White Christmas; 2012: 21,961
6. Blue Christmas (comic version); 2012: 14,259
7. Guilt For Christmas; 2013 5,683
Some explanations are in order, though. The music videos that emerged in 2012 all arrived in December. As you can see "Merry Christmas" has the most views among the ones that arrived in December 2012. A lot of this has to do with the song's politically correct theme and the commentary on the politically correct influence during Christmas season. The fact that a music video can debut just 3 days before Christmas (and hardly no major publicity) and be able to reach more than 100,000 people is still something to be proud of, in my opinion. "White Christmas" arrived on December 3, 2012 while "Blue Christmas" (comic version) arrived on December 21, 2012. A day later both "Redneck Christmas" and "Merry Christmas" hit the internet. The video that has the least views, "Guilt for Christmas", arrived in the summer of this year and has 5,683. The Christmas video, arriving in May, fully explains the reason for the small turn viewer out. There's not a lot of people that search for Christmas songs and videos in the spring/summer months.
The thing that the music video has going for it (besides the appearance of Ray Stevens) is that it's also a musical jab at political correctness, following in the snowy path of "Merry Christmas" and "Nightmare Before Christmas".
Share the video with those that have not yet seen it..."Guilt For Christmas"...
I don't know if Ray is waiting until it gets more closer to Christmas to start re-introducing these videos once more but I decided to start a little bit early during the last several blogs I've written.
Oh yes, the Christmas CD's from Ray Stevens are still available for purchase. Don't forget, he has 2 Christmas CD's chock full of the sounds of the season.
The comical Christmas CD can be found by clicking Christmas Through a Different Window.
The non-comical Christmas CD can be found by clicking Ray Stevens Christmas.
This blog entry is about some more Christmas music videos that fans of Ray Stevens can enjoy. In my previous installment I mentioned the "Blue Christmas" (comedy version) available as a music video. It's really a neat video...even more perfect on a cold morning around breakfast time.
Ray made the rounds of several television programs last Christmas season and performed the comical version of "Blue Christmas" in a medley with other Christmas songs. It's been available on You Tube ever since the local channel uploaded it around this time in 2012. You can see that particular video HERE. It's from a local station in the Nashville area. In the performance he does "White Christmas", "Blue Christmas", and "Redneck Christmas".
The official music video of "Redneck Christmas" is located below...
The at-a-glance unique views for all of the Ray Stevens Christmas music videos, as of December 7, 2013 are here:
1. Santa Claus Is Watching You; 2009: 463,881
2. Nightmare Before Christmas; 2010: 325,544
3. Merry Christmas; 2012: 132,003
4. Redneck Christmas; 2012: 114,129
5. White Christmas; 2012: 21,961
6. Blue Christmas (comic version); 2012: 14,259
7. Guilt For Christmas; 2013 5,683
Some explanations are in order, though. The music videos that emerged in 2012 all arrived in December. As you can see "Merry Christmas" has the most views among the ones that arrived in December 2012. A lot of this has to do with the song's politically correct theme and the commentary on the politically correct influence during Christmas season. The fact that a music video can debut just 3 days before Christmas (and hardly no major publicity) and be able to reach more than 100,000 people is still something to be proud of, in my opinion. "White Christmas" arrived on December 3, 2012 while "Blue Christmas" (comic version) arrived on December 21, 2012. A day later both "Redneck Christmas" and "Merry Christmas" hit the internet. The video that has the least views, "Guilt for Christmas", arrived in the summer of this year and has 5,683. The Christmas video, arriving in May, fully explains the reason for the small turn viewer out. There's not a lot of people that search for Christmas songs and videos in the spring/summer months.
The thing that the music video has going for it (besides the appearance of Ray Stevens) is that it's also a musical jab at political correctness, following in the snowy path of "Merry Christmas" and "Nightmare Before Christmas".
Share the video with those that have not yet seen it..."Guilt For Christmas"...
I don't know if Ray is waiting until it gets more closer to Christmas to start re-introducing these videos once more but I decided to start a little bit early during the last several blogs I've written.
Oh yes, the Christmas CD's from Ray Stevens are still available for purchase. Don't forget, he has 2 Christmas CD's chock full of the sounds of the season.
The comical Christmas CD can be found by clicking Christmas Through a Different Window.
The non-comical Christmas CD can be found by clicking Ray Stevens Christmas.
December 18, 2012
Ray Stevens and a Christmas Medley...
Meanwhile, in the television appearance, Ray sings a medley of "White Christmas", the comical version of "Blue Christmas", and he finishes the upbeat appearance with "Redneck Christmas". Each song comes from three separate releases: "White Christmas" comes from the serious project titled Ray Stevens Christmas, the comical version of "Blue Christmas" comes from the EP special offer at Ray's web-store, and "Redneck Christmas" is a song from the classic Ray Stevens Christmas-Through a Different Window comedy project that you see in the picture above.
Enjoy the Ray Stevens Christmas Medley
December 19, 2009
Ray Stevens: Blue Christmas novelty, Part 2!
Several blogs ago I was promoting the comical version of "Blue Christmas" that Ray Stevens recorded. At the time, the recording was available as an EP at Ray's web-site store. I still suggest those who just want a sampling of his holiday songs to purchase the EP. If you're like me and already have three of the four songs that are available on the EP single and are just wanting a copy of "Blue Christmas", as of now look no further than Itunes. If you are a member of that web-site/music store all you'll need to do is search for the EP and then it gives you the option to buy the EP or buy each individual song for 99 cents. The EP consists of four songs: "White Christmas", "Deck The Halls With Teardrops", "Nightmare Before Christmas", and this comical version of "Blue Christmas". As you can probably guess, I went ahead and purchased the comical version of "Blue Christmas" and I listened to it a few hours ago. It's certainly one of his more bizarre recordings...it ranks right up there with his lisping version of the romantic ballad "Hey There" from 1980 and the chicken-clucking instrumentals released as the Hen House Five Plus Too. If you're familiar with the Seymour Swine and the Squealers name then you'll no doubt be very familiar with the original stuttering version of "Blue Christmas". Some credit the song to the Warner Brothers character, Porky Pig, by mistake. Prior to purchase I had assumed that Ray would have done a carbon copy of the original but this is not the case. The music sounds lush and traditionally Christmas and then we hear Ray begin to stutter the lyrics. If you're not familiar at all with Seymour Swine, you won't have anything to compare and contrast Ray's rendition to. Ray doesn't speed up his voice, he uses his natural voice, in case anyone's wondering if he used any studio tricks or vocal gimmicks.
Shedding the spotlight on a compilation CD that isn't widely known is "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Church". This CD features religious-oriented songs that Ray has recorded through the years. The picture of Ray on the CD's cover comes straight from his 1992 music video of 1984's "Mississippi Squirrel Revival". You can find the collection in his on-line music store at his official web-site.
The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
Sittin' Up With The Dead
Smokey Mountain Rattlesnake Retreat
Sunday Morning
The Dooright Family
Right Reverend Roadhog McGraw; 2009 from "One for
the Road"
Turn Your Radio On
Everything Is Beautiful
Mama Sang Bass
When The Saints Go Marching In; 2007 from "New Orleans Moon"
St James Infirmary/Just A Closer Walk With Thee; 2007 from "New Orleans Moon"
If Ten Percent Is Good Enough For Jesus
In closing I'll leave you with an image of the promo copy of "Can He Love You Half as Much as I?", a comical love ballad from 1986...
November 29, 2009
Ray Stevens: Blue Christmas novelty
I was informed by another Ray Stevens fan that the comedy version of "Blue Christmas" is now available at Ray's on-line music store. This music store is located at his web-site. You will need to click "Buy" and a drop-down menu will appear and then you'll need to click the on-line store. There is a non-comical recording of "Blue Christmas" on his 2009 Ray Stevens Christmas release but then a comical version, based on the stuttering rendition from Seymour Swine and the Squealers, was promoted through several on-line web-sites. The comical recording from Ray makes it's debut on an EP single which features three other songs: White Christmas, Deck The Halls With Teardrops, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. I have those other three songs so I am hoping the comical version of "Blue Christmas" by Ray becomes available as an MP3 single for those who don't want to re-purchase the three other songs. However, as the days and weeks go by and if there's no offer made to purchase just the song, I may give in and purchase the EP. For those unaware, an EP means an "extended play" single.
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