As the UConn campus is closed on Sundays for the next few weeks, and our building access is not quite settled for those closed times, we will be returning to "home recording" for the time being. Time will tell how long this will last. In the meantime, our December 18th broadcast was devoted to a re-airing of three "Classic Country Christmas" hours I produced at home in December 2020. Hope you enjoyed them!
This coming Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe will be recorded either this evening or Wednesday evening, but it should be fresh for your listening on Boxing Day -- Sunday, December 26th -- from 4-7PM.
Until then, warmest wishes to you and yours for a very Merry Christmas!!
Amy O.
P.S. What follows is the post I made in December 2020 when these "Classic Country Christmas" hours first were presented. Read on...
Every year, I love to play some of my favorite country Christmas music during our Bluegrass Cafe "Christmas Extravaganza." This year, though, I didn't have to limit myself to playing just a couple of country Christmas songs mixed in at the Bluegrass Cafe, as some gaps in our WHUS broadcast schedule (plus, home recording) allowed me to record three separate one-hour programs featuring (mostly) nothing but classic country Christmas music. WHUS has aired these shows a few times over the past few days, so hope the songs added a bit of joy to some Christmas celebrations.
As for the songs I chose to play this year, there were selections from lots of favorite Christmas recordings of my childhood, as well as a few "newer" tunes (newest from 1993), and even more songs recorded many years before I was born. It was a fun mix.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and we'll see you again on the Bluegrass Cafe.
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
Show #1
- Because It's Christmas Time / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
- Country Christmas / Loretta Lynn / The Best Of Loretta Lynn: The Christmas Collection / MCA
- Christmas Country Style / Statler Brothers / Christmas Present / Mercury
- Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas / Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Merry Christmas From Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Rock Beat
- Christmas In My Home Town / Charley Pride / Christmas In My Home Town / RCA
- Senor Santa Claus / Jim Reeves / The Twelve Songs Of Christmas / RCA
- That Christmassy Feeling / Johnny Cash & Tommy Cash / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
- Dasher With A Light Upon His Tail / Kitty Wells / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
- Po' Folks Christmas / Bill Anderson / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
- Christmas In My Home Town / Sonny James / My Christmas Dream / Capitol
- The Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
- An Old Fashioned Christmas Polka / Riders In The Sky / Christmas The Cowboy Way / Rounder
- Christmas Swing / Chesapeake / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
- Two Step 'Round The Christmas Tree / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
- My Mom And Santa Claus / George Jones / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
- Christmas Schottische / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas Shopping / Sundazed
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee / The Best Of Brenda Lee: The Christmas Collection / MCA
- A Holly Jolly Christmas / Alan Jackson / Honky Tonk Christmas / Arista
- The Carols Those Kids Used To Sing / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury
- The Joy Of Christmas / Marty Robbins / Christmas With Marty Robbins / Sony
- Jingle Bell Rock / Bobby Helms / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
- Jingle Bells / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
- Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
- Here Comes Santa Claus / Gene Autry / The Christmas Cowboy / Laser Light
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / Randy Travis / An Old Fashioned Christmas / Warner Bros.
- Don't Look For Santa Claus / Charley Pride / Christmas In My Home Town / RCA
- Dear Mr. Santa Claus / Red Sovine / Celebrating Christmas: Down Country Lanes / Jasmine
- He's A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus / Tennessee Ernie Ford / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
- Santa's On His Way / Kitty Wells / Christmas Day With Kitty Wells / Decca
- That's Santa Claus / Jimmy Wakely / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
- To Heck With Ole Santa Claus / Loretta Lynn / The Best Of Loretta Lynn: The Christmas Collection / MCA
- I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus / Brenda Lee / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
- Santa's Comin' In A Whirlybird / Gene Autry / The Christmas Cowboy / Laser Light
- Santa's Gonna Come In A Stagecoach / Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Merry Christmas From Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Rock Beat
- Santa Train / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
- Santa's Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck / Alan Jackson / Honky Tonk Christmas / Arista
- I Believe In Santa Claus / Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton / Once Upon A Christmas / RCA
- I Believe In Santa's Cause / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury
- Little Sandy Sleighfoot / Jimmy Dean / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer / Riders In The Sky / Merry Christmas From Harmony Ranch / Columbia
- Leroy The Redneck Reindeer / Joe Diffie / Mr. Christmas / Epic
- Here Comes Santa Claus Again / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
- One Of Everything You Got / Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Merry Christmas From Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Rock Beat
- An Old Christmas Card / Jim Reeves / The Twelve Songs Of Christmas / RCA
- All I Want For Christmas Is You / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
- Jingle Bells / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury
- My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
- Sleigh Bells / Gene Autry / The Christmas Cowboy / Laser Light
- Silver Bells / Riders In The Sky with Kathy Mattea / Merry Christmas From Harmony Ranch / Columbia
- Christmas For Cowboys / John Denver / Rocky Mountain Christmas / BMG
- Christmas Carols By The Old Corral / Tex Ritter / Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits / Rhino
- Christmas Yodel / Riders In The Sky / Christmas The Cowboy Way / Rounder
- Baby It's Cold Outside / Homer & Jethro with June Carter / Homer & Jethro Fracture Frank Loesser / RCA
- Christmas With You / Johnny Cash with June Carter / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
- Blue Christmas / Ernest Tubb / Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits / Rhino
- Pretty Paper / Willie Nelson / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
- I'll Be Walkin' The Floor This Christmas / Ernest Tubb / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
- Joy To The World / Gatlin Brothers / Christmas With The Gatlins / Capitol
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing / Marty Robbins / Christmas With Marty Robbins / Sony
- Silent Night/O Holy Night/The First Noel/It Came Upon The Midnight Clear / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury
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