I haven’t started shopping for Christmas yet, my bad. It's hard to feel like the holiday is upon us, when the weather in Texas suggests autumn at best. Guess I should get busy. On a personal note, one doesn’t think about getting a flu shot when the temperatures are in the 70s; it still feels pre-winter, but next year, I will know better! Today’s posting serves several purposes, the first being that it is a taste of Christmas from the masterful and mellifluous Raul Malo. Are you hip to his 2007 Christmas Album, Marshmallow World & Other Holiday Favorites. It is a must have! Fresh Films, an outfit out of Nashville taped one of the songs from that album “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and they dedicate their version to our servicemen and women. We wish them Godspeed and pray for their safety and their rapid return to their families stateside.
The hot news is that The Mavericks will be reuniting for a tour, and who knows, maybe even an album. When the Mavericks formed in 1989, it could be said that they were way ahead of their time. The 90s found fame, fortune and awards galore. The split came in 2003, and was amicable. Raul emerged as a solo player and Robert Reynolds and Paul Deakin continued to record as well. The reunion tour will start at Stagecoach in April in Indio, California, and then they will hit North America and Europe. It makes me giddy to think of their power and energy. You just have to have a good time when you see them live, the music is so buoyant. For the most part that is, there is always room for the ballad, like we bring you today. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” simply stops time. Here is wishing that you will be reuniting with dear friends and family members from far away this year for the holidays, too.
- Jessie Scott
