HWY 261 (12-05-25) The Ghost of Christmas Past holiday episode

05/12/2025 57 min Temporada 1 Episodio 159
HWY 261 (12-05-25) The Ghost of Christmas Past holiday episode

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Today The Rev is flying solo in the booth, and he's being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past...musically speaking, that is! We kicked off with Christmastime in Luckenbach by Kent Finlay followed by White Christmas by Sterling Finlay and Merry Texas Christmas Y'all by Asleep at the Wheel. Then The Rev took us on a trip in the Way-Back Machine to the era of Hastings Entertainment Superstores, which was based in Amarillo, TX from 1968 until its demise in 2016. The Christmas playlist was curated by the Hastings corporate offices in Amarillo and was what got played in stores during the holidays in the years when all music was played off of physical copies. Classic Christmas tracks include: Jingle Bells-Rosemary Clooney; 12 Days of Christmas-N.Y. Stage Orchestra; Let It Snow-Bing Crosby; Blue Christmas-The Platters; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear-N.Y. Stage Orchestra; and Greensleeves-Winterborne. The show wrapped with a couple of tunes from some well-established Texas artists: Run Run Rudolph-Carolyn Wonderland & Guy Forsyth and Robert Earl Keen's cover of the Townes Van Zandt classic Snowin' On Raton.