
THE RICHARD RANDALL SHOW & FRIENDS 2009
1. HOLIDAY INN – Bryan White & Garry Schiera
2. IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR – Rusty Young & Poco
3. HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS – Chuck
4. SILENT NIGHT – Sally Hybl
5. AVE MARIA – Silke Sauppe
6. THE CHRISTMAS SONG – Chuck
7. JINGLE BELL ROCK – Marla & The Radio Heads (Jeff & Jarred)
8. MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS GIFT – Small Potatoes
9. WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME – Jarred Rego
10. OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL – Casey & Jeff Ahrendsen
11. AWAY IN A MANGER – The Hybl Family Singers
12. JOY TO THE WORLD – Children Going Door To Door
13. O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL – The Hybl Family Singers
14. JINGLE BELLS (REVISED) – Colleen & Scott
15. SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN – Jack Sundrud & Poco
16. O HOLY NIGHT – Paul-David Almond
17. GREENSLEEVES/Amazing Grace – Richard Randall
18. CHRISTMAS SOUTH OF CLARKSDALE – Phil Rader & Richard Randall
19. DAY OFF (Richard Randall Show Theme) – Richard Randall
I used to be in a band named The Coyotes. Garry was the keyboard player and one of the singers. When we broke up he went to Nashville. For several years he played with Bryan White. Garry wrote this about life on the road at Christmas.
Rusty Young left Denver to go to L.A. to join Jim Messina & Richie Furay after the Buffalo Springs broke up. They formed Poco and he is still with them. His next Colorado concert will be on June 11th in Louisville.
Chuck is as passionate about music and saxophone as he is about politics and his love of country. His calls are filled with passion and so are his solo sax contributions to this project.
Sally Hybl is a wonderful wife and mother who somehow finds time to be a director & producer of local theatre productions. She is also a great actress and patron of the arts and charities. And not only a great singer but knows how to keep Christmas very well.
Silke was a young girl in Lubeck, Germany during World War Two. We featured her in the PBS documentary “Bomber’s Moon”.
Marla & The Radioheads are co-workers who blocked out an evening to get to know each other better while putting together this song in a studio. Marla on vocals, Jeff Mills on drums, Jarred Rego putting it all together.
When I was in The Coyotes Rich Prezioso did most of the lead vocals and guitar. When we called it a day he formed a folk, celtic, texas swing, duo with Jacquie Manning (former Queen Of Tarts at the Renaissance Festival). They continue to tour nationally and have several Cds available. Usually play at Swallow Hill in Denver at least once a year. See them. www.smallpotatoesmusic.com
Jarred Rego is the producer for The Richard Randall Show and now has his own talkshow on 740 KVOR on Sunday afternoon at 5:00 pm. He is a young (23 this Christmas) conservative… but also a musician and HUGE Beatles fan. This is his tribute to Paul McCartney & Christmas.
Jeff Ahrendsen is a good friend who joins me sometimes on the Saturday morning show to talk classic rock. I don’t know a person who knows more than he does on that subject. He also helped me out on “Bomber’s Moon” by sitting in with Firefall lead singer Steve Manshel to record a few songs for the soundtrack. This time he sat down with his daughter Casey. Recorded at his home, in front of the Christmas tree with the dog by the fireplace. Oh, and it was snowing outside. Just saying.
The Hybl Family Singers. Four wonderful, well behaved and talented children just having fun singing some Christmas Carols. The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
The children of my Church did a little old fashioned, door-to-door, Christmas caroling.
Colleen & Scott are just Colorado kids with a younger, Colorado taken on a traditional song. I have been that blood on the mountain a few times.
When Timothy B. Schmit left Poco to join the Eagles he was replaced by Jack Sundrud. Jack grew up in a small town (population 500) in Minnesota. Now he lives in Nashville and after a few albums as the leader of Great Plains, he is still singing and playing with Poco.
Paul-David Almond is the son of one of my favorite listeners – Lorraine. He took time out of a very busy season to go into the studio to record this for the project. It’s him on all vocals and guitars.
Richard Randall on Greensleeves/Amazing Grace sounds like a drummer playing guitar. But it is the song that counts. I promised myself that every year I would learn a new Christmas song, so I have. “Day Off” is exactly that, written and recorded while relaxing at home on a day off. Phil Rader (Harmonica) and I originally recorded “Christmas South Of Clarksdale” as part of the soundtrack for “Soul Of The Delta”. So it was heard in the south of France when the film screen at the film festival in Cannes.
FINALLY: In some ways this is not a very polished event. Much of it was spur of the moment, just for the fun or it, and I think most everyone has some fun. Hope you do it. And mostly… Merry Christmas. Richard

