from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2001
Written and sung by Zoomer Roberts
Buddy Winston: guitar
Don't Give Me Nothin' For Christmas Blues
from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2008
Zoomer Roberts: vocal, harmonica & composition
Buddy Winston: guitar
Zoomer Roberts: vocal, harmonica & composition
Buddy Winston: guitar
Cold, Cold Christmas @ Star City 12-10-17
Eric Boseman: percussion
Buddy Winston: guitar
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
It's Christmas Eve Day (en la tienda Targét)
from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2000
Written and sung by Zoomer Roberts
Buddy Winston: guitar
Written and sung by Zoomer Roberts
Buddy Winston: guitar
Your host is Gregg Carthy
Sleigh Bell Boogie
recorded December 1975
Zoomer Roberts: vocal, guitar, bass
Cindy Seaman: piano
Cindy Bickford: drums
This original composition is from the Texas Goldrush Christmas Album. After issuing a couple of well-received singles, Cliff Seaman converted his garage into a studio in hopes of producing his own records. For this project we wrote some Christmas songs and recorded them in the wee hours after our regular gig at the Sun City Lounge. The results were dubbed onto 8-track tapes and sold from the bandstand. Decades later, I rediscovered and digitized my only copy. Listening to this track today, a third of a century after it was recorded, it sounds like an outtake from a Dr. Demento collection. Yell "yule," y'all!
A Visit From St. Nicholas
Read by Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong and
Basil Rathbone
Remixed by Zoomer Roberts
Zoomer's Christmas Medley
recorded 4 December 2010
Zoomer Roberts: harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar
1) The First Noel
2) Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
3) God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Zoomer Roberts: harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar
1) The First Noel
2) Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
3) God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Please Don't Sing Another Christmas Carol ('cause on Christmas, Carol Said "Goodbye" to Me)
from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2008
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar
Of the several songs I've written, this is my favorite!
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar
Of the several songs I've written, this is my favorite!
Old Fashioned Christmas (recitation)
Original poem read by Zoomer Roberts
Guitar: Buddy Winston
from the KTEP broadcast of 13 December 2014
Guitar: Buddy Winston
from the KTEP broadcast of 13 December 2014
1913 Massacre
It Could Be Christmas
recorded 4 December 2010
Written and sung by Zoomer Roberts
Buddy Winston: guitar
If you could recapture the sound of a chime
That rang from a steeple in a far distant time
And lingered a moment in the wintery haze
Then it could be Christmas in so many ways
If you could breathe life into old memories
The glint of the tinsel, the scent of the tree
The gleam of the moonlight on a blanket of snow
Then it could be Christmas wherever you go
The warmth and the light of the crackling yule fire
Cast long, dancing shadows that seem to aspire
To a scene reminiscent of Currier & Ives
Where it could be Christmas all the days of our lives
If we could gather together once more
The near and the dear ones who've gone on before
Our hearts would be gladdened their faces to see
And it could be Christmas like it used to be
If you could treat others as you'd have them treat you
And sing the old carols as if they were new
And tell the old Story, never changing a word
Then it could be Christmas wherever it's heard
Zoomer Roberts
2007
If the tune sounds familiar, it's because I borrowed it from Hank Snow's "Brand On My Heart."
Written and sung by Zoomer Roberts
Buddy Winston: guitar
If you could recapture the sound of a chime
That rang from a steeple in a far distant time
And lingered a moment in the wintery haze
Then it could be Christmas in so many ways
If you could breathe life into old memories
The glint of the tinsel, the scent of the tree
The gleam of the moonlight on a blanket of snow
Then it could be Christmas wherever you go
The warmth and the light of the crackling yule fire
Cast long, dancing shadows that seem to aspire
To a scene reminiscent of Currier & Ives
Where it could be Christmas all the days of our lives
If we could gather together once more
The near and the dear ones who've gone on before
Our hearts would be gladdened their faces to see
And it could be Christmas like it used to be
If you could treat others as you'd have them treat you
And sing the old carols as if they were new
And tell the old Story, never changing a word
Then it could be Christmas wherever it's heard
Zoomer Roberts
2007
If the tune sounds familiar, it's because I borrowed it from Hank Snow's "Brand On My Heart."
Feliz Navidad
Buddy Winston: lead vocal & guitar
Zoomer Roberts: harmony vocal
Recorded 12 December 2009 at La Tierra Cafe
Zoomer Roberts: harmony vocal
Recorded 12 December 2009 at La Tierra Cafe
Frankie's Christmas
This is an Apple® commercial, but it's heartwarming and worthy of repeated viewings.
The Bells of Saint Mary's @ Star City
Eric Boseman: percussion
Buddy Winston: guitar
Zoomer Roberts: harmonica & vocal
10 December 2017
"An Empty Stocking"
Tonight I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking.
Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry. A blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We haven't forgotten that night down the centuries. We celebrate it with stars on Christmas trees with the sound of bells, and with gifts. But especially with gifts.
You give me a book, I give you a tie. Aunt Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer and Uncle Henry could do with a new pipe. For we forget nobody, adult or child. All the stockings are filled, all that is, except one. And we have even forgotten to hang it up. The stocking for the child born in a manger. It's His birthday we're celebrating. Don't let us ever forget that.
Let us ask ourselves what He would wish for most. And then, let each put in his share: loving kindness, warm hearts, and a stretched-out hand of tolerance - all the shining gifts that make peace on Earth.
The Cherry Tree Carol (Child 54)
Recorded 14 December 2013
(KTEP Christmas broadcast)
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar
(KTEP Christmas broadcast)
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Recorded 22 December 2012
(KTEP Christmas broadcast)
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar
¡Merry Christmas, Amigos!
'Tis the night before Christmas,
and all through the casa
Not a creature is stirring.
¡Caramba! ¿Que Pasa?
The stockings are hanging, con mucho cuidado,
In hopes that St. Nicholas will feel obligado
To leave a few cosas aquí and allí
For chico y chica (and something por mí )
Los niños are snuggled all safe in their camas
(Some in camisas and some in pajamas)
Their little cabezas are full of good things
Tódos esperan que Santa will bring.
Santa is down at the corner saloon
(muy borracho since mid afternoon)
Mama is sitting beside la ventana
Shining her rolling pin para mañana
When Santa will come un manner extraño,
Lit up like the Star on the Mountain, cantando,
Y Mama lo manda to bed with a right
¡Merry Christmas a todos y a todos good night!
and all through the casa
Not a creature is stirring.
¡Caramba! ¿Que Pasa?
The stockings are hanging, con mucho cuidado,
In hopes that St. Nicholas will feel obligado
To leave a few cosas aquí and allí
For chico y chica (and something por mí )
Los niños are snuggled all safe in their camas
(Some in camisas and some in pajamas)
Their little cabezas are full of good things
Tódos esperan que Santa will bring.
Santa is down at the corner saloon
(muy borracho since mid afternoon)
Mama is sitting beside la ventana
Shining her rolling pin para mañana
When Santa will come un manner extraño,
Lit up like the Star on the Mountain, cantando,
Y Mama lo manda to bed with a right
¡Merry Christmas a todos y a todos good night!
Noche de Paz
Blue Christmas
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