Charlie Daniels Band

A Merry Christmas to All (Audium) Hey, when did Santa start wearing a Buick hubcap for a belt buckle? Oh, never mind, it’s just ol’ Charlie Daniels hisself. There’s a lovely crooning of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” a bombastic bluesy take on “Blue Christmas,” and a hammer-and-tongs original, “It’s Bad to Have the Blues (At Christmas Time).” And don’t forget, you can order your own Charlie Daniels ham from Hillshire Farms (insert joke).

This article appears in December 20 • 2002.

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