Santa's Helpers

Here's my favorite Christmas song, a few b-sides and a few variations...
























Download: GONE mp3
by Chuck Berry, 1958.
available on The Chess Box :Chuck Berry
























Download: GONE mp3
by Chuck Berry, 1958.
available on The Chess Box :Chuck Berry






















I'm pretty familiar with the Dave Edmunds catalog, but I had no idea of the existence of this record until I walked into House of Oldies on Carmine Street asking for an Earl King 45, and walked away with this. I had no intention of buying any Christmas records, but must have been an easy mark since I reached into my pocket and bought the record without any hesitation when the proprietor suggested it instead.














































Download: GONE mp3
by Dave Edmunds, 1982.
available on Party PartyOST
























And finally, Keith's Christmas single from 1978. Here he is joined by Ronnie Wood and Sly and Robbie. The b-side, a Jimmy Cliff classic, is not a holiday number but is too great not to include. In it, he recreates his four note"Sympathy For The Devil" solo at about a quarter of the speed and all of the soul.












































Download GONE mp3
by Keith Richards, 1978.
non scratchy version available @ itunes store.
























Download: "The Harder They Come" mp3
by Keith Richards, 1978.