A live version also appears on his , No. The popularity of the song led Keen to write a sequel song, 'Happy Holidays Y'all', for his album Walking Distance , and to publish a book, Merry Christmas from the Family , in The original song, the book, and the sequel all center around the same cast of characters in Keen's humorous vision of a Texas style Christmas. He says 'I didn't even know what a chestnut looked like until I was 30 years old and saw it in a picture book… It was a different kind of Christmas.
Every Christmas song I had ever heard didn't have a lot to do with growing up in Houston where it was most likely 85 degrees and 95 percent humidity. Various family members and events are described throughout the verses. No one is sure how to react to a younger sister bringing her Mexican boyfriend to the party, but as soon as he sings 'Feliz Navidad' he is welcomed into the fold. Brother Ken arrives with five children from two of his previous marriages. Ken's new wife, Kay, chain smokes and 'talks all about AA.
Fred and Rita—whose relationship to the narrator appears to have been forgotten—arrive from Harlingen in a motor home, which when plugged in, overloads the electrical system and knocks out the family's Christmas lights. The family then waits on the front lawn and joins together in singing 'Silent Night' when cousin David flips the breaker that brings the lights back on.
Keen calls the song the ' Rocky Horror Picture Show of Christmas songs' saying that whether singing before a group of 1, or 6, the entire audience sings along. And in particular shouts out the line, 'Mix Bloody Marys ' cause we all want one.
Due to the immense popularity of the song among Robert Earl Keen's fans, as well as its seasonal nature, he had to create restrictions limiting the time of year during which his band will play the song:. So, I had to create this rule, I call it the 'Linen Rule', where we don't play the song as long as you can wear linen.
So it saves it and makes it fresh for the holiday season. So we start playing it around Labor Day and we play it on through the holidays. It's the big number particularly in December that we close with. Keen states, 'I vowed when I really started writing songs that I'd never write a sequel. Loading player…. Scrobble from Spotify? Connect to Spotify Dismiss.
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Best Robert Earl Keen 14, listeners. Play track. Artist images 3 more. Growing up, Keen was interested in music, sports, movies and writing.
Disappointed in the College Station, Texas music scene, he began playing guitar and learned to read and write music, basing his style on folk, country, blues and roots rock. In he rented a house from landlord Jack Boyett, where his neighbor was a then-unknown Lyle Lovett. The two became friends and performed together on the front porch. Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Similar Artists Play all. Trending Tracks 1. Friday 16 July Saturday 17 July Sunday 18 July Monday 19 July Tuesday 20 July Wednesday 21 July Thursday 22 July Friday 23 July Saturday 24 July Sunday 25 July Monday 26 July Tuesday 27 July Wednesday 28 July Thursday 29 July Friday 30 July Saturday 31 July Sunday 1 August Monday 2 August Tuesday 3 August Wednesday 4 August Thursday 5 August Friday 6 August Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September So it saves it and makes it fresh for the holiday season.
So we start playing it around Labor Day and we play it on through the holidays. It's the big number particularly in December that we close with. Keen states, 'I vowed when I really started writing songs that I'd never write a sequel. But I thought, well, you know, why not. According to Keen the second song fills in some of the gaps on the characters and brings them a little farther along into their holiday celebration: 'The song 'Merry Christmas from the Family' is set in the present tense. This song is set in the present tense, but little further in the future—say like after the party when everybody's packing up and leaving on the 26th of December.
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