Why am I looking through XMAS songs in late April? Well, we have a tradition of doing an XMAS song CD to play on the boat in August (XMAS in August as we toast in the sun - just one of those things...) It's getting harder to find new stuff to stuff on a CD. Glad I found this gem. Any suggestions for this year's project would be greatly appreciated.
[J'ai un papier dans mon soulier
J'ai un papier dans mon soulier
Pour ça ta maman connaît pas
Et ça ton père veux pas
Pour ça ta maman connaît pas
Et ça ton père veux pas
J'ai un papier dans mon soulier]
Some years ago we were at some friends' place in the way up north MI. I popped the trunk on the car (so the rear speakers would rock) and backed up to the camp fire. They loved this stuff. "We're related to those folks down there. Ya know." I just smiled and played more Zydeco. It's all in the (free) jukeboxes up there now. Those Finnish and French lumberjacks just dig it.
Sleeping Bear Bay, Glen Arbor, MI on Lake Michigan. Fletch is flattered that you asked. He snoozes on that beach all the time, in between boat rides and chasing after deer in the woods.
Favorite Eric Burdon recollection. He was playing with Robby Krieger (of the Doors) on the riverfront here. Around midnight, he shouts out at full volume "I hate this f*ckin' song. But, everyone wants to hear it. So here we go.)
What a night. The sound was bouncing back from across the river in Windsor.