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No one can miss out of what DECEMBER PEOPLE are playing. Christmas songs are popular this time of year, but here are seasoned session musicians doing the songs the way they believe a number of rock and pop legends had done the songs themselves. The players are; Robert Berry (3, KEITH EMERSON, KARL PALMER, solo), bass\/vocals, Gary Phil (BOSTON, ex. SAMMY HAGAR), guitars, Mike Vanderhule, drums, (Y&T), Jack Foster (solo), guitars, and David Medd (THE TUBES), keyboards. They bring us tracks in the vein of THE WHO, ELP, QUEEN, BOSTON, and LED ZEPPELIN, on with the show. <\/p>\n
The Christmas albums will no doubt hail in 2010 too, but how many can sport \u201cin the vein of\u2026\u201d? I believe DECEMBER PEOPLE will be unique, again. They were probably that in 2001 too, when they debuted with \u201cSounds Like Christmas\u201d. Something that caught my attention is in the vein of THE WHO, who are hard at work on a new album, as well as the pausing LED ZEPPELIN. The former gets to indirectly treat \u201cJoy to the World \u2013 Jingle Bells\u201d as a Brit rock version. The zepps get a Stairway-reminiscent \u201cThe Night Before Christmas\u201d. It is so imaginatively witted that even I like it, who normally thinks nothing much of Plant & Co. They also go for an ELP version of \u201cLittle Drummer Boy\u201d, with drum rolls and heavy doses of keyboards. A QUEEN-ized \u201cI hear the Bells on Christmas Day\u201d is also attempted, but Robert is alas not Freddie Mercury. Since Gary Phil is in the band, they go for \u201cGod Rest Ye Merry gentlemen \u2013 The First Noel\u201d, the BOSTON way. That song actually becomes my favorite, with a lot of melody and a genuine feeling. Apart from QUUEN I get the feeling that the meticulously copied artists would approve of this album. They have eons of routine and experience to lean on. This is a cozy Christmas Warmer with only a slightly and very faint relation to \u201cCashing in on Christmas\u201d. <\/p>\n
Track List
\nWhat Child Is This (Style of U2)
\nJoy to the World – Jingle Bells (Style of THE WHO)
\nWe Three Kings (Style of STING)
\nLittle Drummer Boy (Style of ELP)
\nUp on the Rooftop – Feliz Navidad (Style of SANTANA)
\nI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Style of QUEEN)
\nGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – The First Noel (Style of BOSTON)
\nSanta Claus Is Coming to Town (Style of ZZ TOP)
\nThe Night Before Christmas (Style of LED ZEPPELIN)
\nAngels We Have Heard on High (Stle of PETER GABRIEL)
\nCarol of the Bells (Style of YES)<\/p>\n
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