The Paul Slavens Show: Live Blog Dec. 25, 2011

Happy Christmas everyone and a jolly holiday season to all of you. Presents are all open, dinner is consumed and now it’s time to kick back and relax to some interesting music, yes ? This is where you can leave your polite comments and wonderful musical suggestions for future shows. Leave a link if you can to where the music can be bought or checked out.
New to me this week:
Nada Surf
Kitty Daisy and Lewis
Bob Brookmeyer
Rainbow

Here’s tonight’s setlist:

Blossom Dearie, “Gentleman Friend,” My Gentleman Friend
Pat Metheny, “Ozark,”As Falls Wichita,  So Falls Wichita Falls
Nada Surf, “Me And My Arrow,” Songs From The Point!
Kristy Kruger Bach Norwood, “Santa Baby 2,” N/A
Brian Eno, “The Airman,” Drums Between The Bells
Harpo Mark, “Tenderly,” Harpo in Hi-Fi
Beck, “Broken Train,” Midnite Vultures
Kitty Daisy & Lewis, “Going Up The Country,” Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Irma Thomas, “Hittin’ on Nothin’,” Soul Queen of New Orleans
Jethro Tull, “We Five Kings,” Christmas Album
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, “Bats In The Attic,” Diamond Mine
Regina Spektor, “Real Love,” Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer, “Milo’s Other Samba,” Complete Jazz Essentials
Rainbow, “The Temple Of The King,” Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
Johnny Cash, “Cremation of Sam McGee,” Personal File

Charlotte Gainsbourg, “White Telephone,” Stage Whisper
Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Skating,” A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, “Servo,” Give It Back!
Chuck Berry, “Merry Christmas, Baby,” Johnny B. Goode: His Complete ‘50s
Chess Recordings
Julie Andrews and Bill Lee, “Something Good,” The Sound Of Music – 45th
Anniversary Edition
The Skatalites And Friends, “James Bond (Roland Alphonso),” Musical
Communion CD3
Del Shannon, “Hats Off To Larry,” Greatest Hits
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, “Longer And Stronger,” Soul Time!
Messiaen, “Liturgie De Cristal,” Quartet For The End Of Time
Climax Blues Band, “Amerita,” Sense Of Direction
Dolly Parton, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” It Wasn’t God
Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Tiger Darrow and Paul Slavens, “Santa Claus Is Coming,” Santa Claus Is
Coming
Apparat, “Sweet Unrest,” The Devil’s Walk
Ray Charles & Betty Carter, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” Christmas With
Sinatra And Friends