WFMU: The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from December 24, 2024

Listener comments!
	🥁 10:02pm WR: Ho Ho Ho. I'm glad to have holidays to slow the pace of work.
	10:02pm JtotheK: Seasonal Holiday Greetings!!! I’m here for the non-stop holiday LP tracks bonanza!!!
	10:04pm JtotheK: Unsure if I ever listened to this side of this Martinis 45. Interesting!
	10:04pm Kris Holmes: Hi guys, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
	10:33pm bobobobob plasticland: nice selections Kris!!!
	10:33pm Kris Holmes: ↳ bobobobob plasticland @10:33 thanks, merry christmas
	10:34pm JtotheK: I’ve heard some early 2000’s soul/funk holiday tracks recently that I wasn’t up on. I have to see what I’m missing from that era!
	10:39pm Kris Holmes: ↳ JtotheK @10:34 i feel like there might even be a whole LP from one of the European labels?
	🥁 11:07pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Kris and all!!!
	11:10pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @11:07 Hi Will, Merry Christmas
	🥁 11:12pm Candy-O'67: Hey Kris and all! Just tuned in a couple minutes ago. I'm at my parents' house and we just got back from a get-together at my aunt's house
	11:13pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:12 Hi Candy, Merry Christmas, hope you're having good family time.
	🥁 11:14pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:13 Merry Christmas to you! Yes, so far. Just got here at 5:00 pm today, after a long 8-hour drive.
	11:16pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:14 Epic driving
	🥁 11:23pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:16 So tiring and I went through some downpours in East TX and around Shreveport, too. It's pouring here now at my parents
	11:23pm bobob fabtriplasticland: Dec25...18 yrs ago James Brown died in Atlanta... Christmas Day😟
	11:24pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:23 Dang, it really rains in Shreveport too!
	🥁 11:24pm Candy-O'67: ↳ bobob fabtriplasticland @11:23 I remember when he died on Christmas day
	11:25pm bobob palindrome: Candy Merry Candy Christmas 🎄⛄🎄
	🥁 11:25pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:24 Sure does!
	11:25pm Kris Holmes: ↳ bobob fabtriplasticland @11:23 That was a sad Christmas & ever after it is also known as James Brown Day
	11:27pm bobob plasticland: Seen James when he was about 65 yrs old ..still doin the splits down to the floor .... amazing
	🥁 11:28pm Candy-O'67: My mom just said they saw James Brown at Louisiana Tech back in the "60's and he came out swinging from a rope to I Feel Good! I didn't know they saw him back then! Too cool!
	🥁 11:29pm Candy-O'67: She also said, "He was a wild man!" 😄😅
	11:30pm Kris Holmes: That's awesome, prime era James Brown insanity
	🥁 11:30pm Candy-O'67: ↳ bobob plasticland @11:27 I saw him once in Houston at Rockefellers in his older age, probably sometime in the late '90's. He was still all over the stage
	11:31pm Kris Holmes: I saw him once right towards the end, like 2005 or so
	11:31pm Kris Holmes: it was still good but there were no splits
	🥁 11:31pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:30 For sure!! She had never told me that story before. I do remember they had one of his albums when I was a kid and I used to stare at the back cover all the time when I was about 5, 6 years old
	🥁 11:32pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:31 Glad you got to see him too
	11:32pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:31 "Who is this maniac?"
	🥁 11:33pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:32 Hahaha!
	11:34pm Kris Holmes: I didn't go see him in 2002 when I had the chance because I thought it might be bad, but my friends went & said it was great, he was still doing the splits then, so I had to go in 2005 & am really glad I did
	11:35pm bobob plasticland: Sharon Jones also from Augusta...I live in Georgia.. didn't know she was from Georgia..wow!!
	🥁 11:36pm Candy-O'67: ↳ bobob plasticland @11:35 I wish I could have seen her
	11:38pm Kris Holmes: saw her a couple of times, actually opened up for her one of those times
	11:39pm Kris Holmes: she was amazing
	🥁 11:39pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:38 Wow! I didn't know you were in a band too. What band?
	11:40pm Kris Holmes: I was DJing that one, opening DJ. Got to meet & hang out with her, she was so nice.
	🥁 11:41pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:40 Oh cool. That's really awesome you got to meet her too
	11:41pm Kris Holmes: yes, she was very down to earth & loved the tunes i was spinning
	11:42pm Andrew Waterloo: Seasons Greetings... have one of my walnut ball things covered in icing sugar
	🥁 11:44pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:41 Love to hear that. She died way too young, damn cancer
	11:44pm Andrew Waterloo: Sharon Jones was brilliant live. Got to meet her after the show.
	🥁 11:45pm Candy-O'67: Hi Andrew
	🥁 11:48pm Candy-O'67: That happened to a first cousin of mine. She died 6 years ago at 43. She had it once in her early to mid 30's and beat it and then it came back 6 years later really bad and she couldn't beat it that time😢
	11:49pm Kris Holmes: Merry Christmas Andrew
	🥁 11:51pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:10 Merry Christmas Kris, been listening and cleaning up
	11:55pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:48 cancer sucks
	🥁 11:57pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:55 Sure does
	🥁 11:57pm Candy-O'67: Hwy Will!
	11:58pm Andrew Waterloo: I lost one of my festival buddies to cancer this year. Found out he had prostrate cancer earlier this year and he died in November.
	🥁 11:58pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Andrew Waterloo @11:58 So sorry, Andrew
	11:59pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Andrew Waterloo @11:58 sorry for your loss
	🥁 11:59pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Song: "Shopping" by "Joseph" This song is cracking me up
	🥁 11:59pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:57 Hope you have a merry Christmas 🎄
	🥁 12:00am Candy-O'67: I gotta catch what I missed in the archive tomorrow. I'll do that while I'm wrapping presents. We'll have Christmas on the 26th with presents. That's when my sis and niece get here from New Orleans
	🥁 12:01am WR: Thank you for the tunes, Kris. Happy Holidays to all.
	🥁 12:01am Candy-O'67: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @11:59 Thank you and same to you, Will🎄🎁☃️
	🥁 12:02am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Kris!!!

The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from December 24, 2024

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Twenty years of dusty fingers, frayed cuticles, & upper respiratory infections — from record digging and DJing around the globe — coalesces into a 2-hour journey through Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Latin, Rock & Roll, and all points in between. Your speakers will be head-nodding, toe-tapping & even two-stepping to this vintage 45rpm party in no time. Hear favorite songs you didn't know were your favorites, aural treats & record-world problems from the vinyl side of life.

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December 24, 2024: Christmas Show

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Approx. start time
The Martinis	Holiday Cheer "Holiday Cheer" by "The Martinis"		USA	7"	0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
John Lee Hooker	Blues For Christmas		Hi-Q	7"	0:04:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Gems	Love For Christmas "Love For Christmas" by "The Gems"		Chess	7"	0:07:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Clifton Chenier	It's Christmas Time		Bayou	7"	0:09:59 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bob Seger & The Last Heard	Sock It To Me Santa		Cameo	7"	0:13:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nathaniel Mayer & The Shanks	Mr Santa Claus		Norton	7"	0:19:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jimmy Reed	Christmas Present Blues		RRG	7"	0:23:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy King	I Hear Jingle Bells "I Hear Jingle Bells" by "Freddy King"		Federal	7"	0:25:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Binky Griptite	Stone Soul Christmas		Daptone	7"	0:27:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy King	Christmas Tears "Christmas Tears" by "Freddy King"		Federal	7"	0:31:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Binky Griptite	World Of Love "World Of Love" by "Binky Griptite"		Daptone	7"	0:36:59 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Diplomats of Solid Sound	Let It Snow		Record Kicks	7"	0:40:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
James Brown	The Christmas Song (Version 2)		King	7"	0:42:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience	Soulful Christmas		Record Kicks	7"	0:45:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gladys Knight & The Pips	The Christmas Song	Bless This House	Buddah	LP	0:49:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Staple Singers	Sweet Little Jesus Boy	The Twenty-Fifth Day of December	Riverside	LP	0:53:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Staple Singers	No Room At The Inn	The Twenty-Fifth Day of December	Riverside	LP	0:57:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Staple Singers	There Was A Star "There Was A Star" by "Staple Singers"	The Twenty-Fifth Day of December	Riverside	LP	1:00:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Staple Singers	Oh Little Town of Bethlehem	The Twenty-Fifth Day of December	Riverside	LP	1:02:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Staple Singers	Wasn't That A Mighty Day	The Twenty-Fifth Day of December	Riverside	LP	1:04:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
James Brown	Let's Unite The Whole World At Christmas	Soulful Christmas	King	LP	1:08:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
James Brown	Santa Claus Gave Me A Brand New Start	Soulful Christmas	King	LP	1:11:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
James Brown	Santa Claus Go Straight To the Ghetto	Soulful Christmas	King	LP	1:15:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
James Brown	Santa Claus Santa Claus	Soulful Christmas	King	LP	1:18:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
James Brown	Soulful Christmas "Soulful Christmas" by "James Brown"	Soulful Christmas	King	LP	1:22:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	Please Come Home For Christmas	It's a Holiday Soul Party	Daptone	LP	1:27:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	Funky Little Drummer Boy	It's a Holiday Soul Party	Daptone	LP	1:30:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	Silver Bells	It's a Holiday Soul Party	Daptone	LP	1:33:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	World Of Love	It's a Holiday Soul Party	Daptone	LP	1:37:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	God Rest Ye Merry Gents	It's a Holiday Soul Party	Daptone	LP	1:40:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joseph	Sharing Christmas With You	Merry Christmas To You From Joseph	Numero	LP	1:47:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joseph	Snowing In The East On Christmas	Merry Christmas To You From Joseph	Numero	LP	1:51:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joseph	Whatcha Gonna Bring Me Santa Claus	Merry Christmas To You From Joseph	Numero	LP	1:53:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joseph	Shopping "Shopping" by "Joseph"	Merry Christmas To You From Joseph	Numero	LP	1:55:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joseph	New Year "New Year" by "Joseph"	Merry Christmas To You From Joseph	Numero	LP	1:59:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🥁 10:02pm WR: Ho Ho Ho. I'm glad to have holidays to slow the pace of work.
	10:02pm JtotheK: Seasonal Holiday Greetings!!! I’m here for the non-stop holiday LP tracks bonanza!!!
	10:04pm JtotheK: Unsure if I ever listened to this side of this Martinis 45. Interesting!
	10:04pm Kris Holmes: Hi guys, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
	10:33pm bobobobob plasticland: nice selections Kris!!!
	10:33pm Kris Holmes: ↳ bobobobob plasticland @10:33 thanks, merry christmas
	10:34pm JtotheK: I’ve heard some early 2000’s soul/funk holiday tracks recently that I wasn’t up on. I have to see what I’m missing from that era!
	10:39pm Kris Holmes: ↳ JtotheK @10:34 i feel like there might even be a whole LP from one of the European labels?
	🥁 11:07pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Kris and all!!!
	11:10pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @11:07 Hi Will, Merry Christmas
	🥁 11:12pm Candy-O'67: Hey Kris and all! Just tuned in a couple minutes ago. I'm at my parents' house and we just got back from a get-together at my aunt's house
	11:13pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:12 Hi Candy, Merry Christmas, hope you're having good family time.
	🥁 11:14pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:13 Merry Christmas to you! Yes, so far. Just got here at 5:00 pm today, after a long 8-hour drive.
	11:16pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:14 Epic driving
	🥁 11:23pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:16 So tiring and I went through some downpours in East TX and around Shreveport, too. It's pouring here now at my parents
	11:23pm bobob fabtriplasticland: Dec25...18 yrs ago James Brown died in Atlanta... Christmas Day😟
	11:24pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:23 Dang, it really rains in Shreveport too!
	🥁 11:24pm Candy-O'67: ↳ bobob fabtriplasticland @11:23 I remember when he died on Christmas day
	11:25pm bobob palindrome: Candy Merry Candy Christmas 🎄⛄🎄
	🥁 11:25pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:24 Sure does!
	11:25pm Kris Holmes: ↳ bobob fabtriplasticland @11:23 That was a sad Christmas & ever after it is also known as James Brown Day
	11:27pm bobob plasticland: Seen James when he was about 65 yrs old ..still doin the splits down to the floor .... amazing
	🥁 11:28pm Candy-O'67: My mom just said they saw James Brown at Louisiana Tech back in the "60's and he came out swinging from a rope to I Feel Good! I didn't know they saw him back then! Too cool!
	🥁 11:29pm Candy-O'67: She also said, "He was a wild man!" 😄😅
	11:30pm Kris Holmes: That's awesome, prime era James Brown insanity
	🥁 11:30pm Candy-O'67: ↳ bobob plasticland @11:27 I saw him once in Houston at Rockefellers in his older age, probably sometime in the late '90's. He was still all over the stage
	11:31pm Kris Holmes: I saw him once right towards the end, like 2005 or so
	11:31pm Kris Holmes: it was still good but there were no splits
	🥁 11:31pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:30 For sure!! She had never told me that story before. I do remember they had one of his albums when I was a kid and I used to stare at the back cover all the time when I was about 5, 6 years old
	🥁 11:32pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:31 Glad you got to see him too
	11:32pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:31 "Who is this maniac?"
	🥁 11:33pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:32 Hahaha!
	11:34pm Kris Holmes: I didn't go see him in 2002 when I had the chance because I thought it might be bad, but my friends went & said it was great, he was still doing the splits then, so I had to go in 2005 & am really glad I did
	11:35pm bobob plasticland: Sharon Jones also from Augusta...I live in Georgia.. didn't know she was from Georgia..wow!!
	🥁 11:36pm Candy-O'67: ↳ bobob plasticland @11:35 I wish I could have seen her
	11:38pm Kris Holmes: saw her a couple of times, actually opened up for her one of those times
	11:39pm Kris Holmes: she was amazing
	🥁 11:39pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:38 Wow! I didn't know you were in a band too. What band?
	11:40pm Kris Holmes: I was DJing that one, opening DJ. Got to meet & hang out with her, she was so nice.
	🥁 11:41pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:40 Oh cool. That's really awesome you got to meet her too
	11:41pm Kris Holmes: yes, she was very down to earth & loved the tunes i was spinning
	11:42pm Andrew Waterloo: Seasons Greetings... have one of my walnut ball things covered in icing sugar
	🥁 11:44pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:41 Love to hear that. She died way too young, damn cancer
	11:44pm Andrew Waterloo: Sharon Jones was brilliant live. Got to meet her after the show.
	🥁 11:45pm Candy-O'67: Hi Andrew
	🥁 11:48pm Candy-O'67: That happened to a first cousin of mine. She died 6 years ago at 43. She had it once in her early to mid 30's and beat it and then it came back 6 years later really bad and she couldn't beat it that time😢
	11:49pm Kris Holmes: Merry Christmas Andrew
	🥁 11:51pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:10 Merry Christmas Kris, been listening and cleaning up
	11:55pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:48 cancer sucks
	🥁 11:57pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Kris Holmes @11:55 Sure does
	🥁 11:57pm Candy-O'67: Hwy Will!
	11:58pm Andrew Waterloo: I lost one of my festival buddies to cancer this year. Found out he had prostrate cancer earlier this year and he died in November.
	🥁 11:58pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Andrew Waterloo @11:58 So sorry, Andrew
	11:59pm Kris Holmes: ↳ Andrew Waterloo @11:58 sorry for your loss
	🥁 11:59pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Song: "Shopping" by "Joseph" This song is cracking me up
	🥁 11:59pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:57 Hope you have a merry Christmas 🎄
	🥁 12:00am Candy-O'67: I gotta catch what I missed in the archive tomorrow. I'll do that while I'm wrapping presents. We'll have Christmas on the 26th with presents. That's when my sis and niece get here from New Orleans
	🥁 12:01am WR: Thank you for the tunes, Kris. Happy Holidays to all.
	🥁 12:01am Candy-O'67: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @11:59 Thank you and same to you, Will🎄🎁☃️
	🥁 12:02am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Kris!!!

The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from December 24, 2024

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