Daddies don’t always come home for Christmas. From the snow-covered plains of Wisconsin’s Driftless region to the palm-lined avenues of Los Angeles, the loneliness of the holidays is a universal theme, best expressed by tear-in-the-beer country music hopefuls. Sung and strummed (and plucked) by an unlikely assortment of Nashville aspirants, our Christmas Dreamers spent the ’60s gambling their futures on the AM airwaves of a forgotten America.
A
1. Joyce Street - Make This A Good Christmas
2. Charlie Stewart - Santa Claus Won’t Come
This Year
3. Glenn Brookshire - Christmas Come
Back To Me
4. Billy Egr with Bobby Van & The Swing Kids -
What Would Santa Claus Think
5. Don McGinnis & The Cactus Cutups -
When Santa Comes
6. Bobby Hodge - Blue Christmas
B
1. Dick Sicely & The Country Boys - A Christmas
Walk With God
2. Joyce Street - What I Really Want For Christmas
3. Charlie Stewart - Santa Claus Ain’t A Hippie
4. Ben Hinds - All I Want For Christmas
(Is A Go Go Girl)
5. The Caravans - Rock and Roll Christmas
6. Don McGinnis & The Cactus Cutups -
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
7. Harold Steinbach - White Christmas
A
1. Joyce Street - Make This A Good Christmas
2. Charlie Stewart - Santa Claus Won’t Come
This Year
3. Glenn Brookshire - Christmas Come
Back To Me
4. Billy Egr with Bobby Van & The Swing Kids -
What Would Santa Claus Think
5. Don McGinnis & The Cactus Cutups -
When Santa Comes
6. Bobby Hodge - Blue Christmas
B
1. Dick Sicely & The Country Boys - A Christmas
Walk With God
2. Joyce Street - What I Really Want For Christmas
3. Charlie Stewart - Santa Claus Ain’t A Hippie
4. Ben Hinds - All I Want For Christmas
(Is A Go Go Girl)
5. The Caravans - Rock and Roll Christmas
6. Don McGinnis & The Cactus Cutups -
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
7. Harold Steinbach - White Christmas