Zoomer's Christmas Card

The Cherry Tree Carol (Child 54)

2011-12-30T07:57:00.000-07:00

Recorded 17 December 2011
(KTEP Christmas broadcast)
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

Christmas Island

2011-12-07T09:05:00.003-07:00

Recorded 3 December 2011
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: banjo uke

Do You Hear What I Hear?

2011-12-05T16:25:00.005-07:00

Recorded 17 December 2011
(KTEP Christmas broadcast)
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

1913 Massacre

2011-12-05T16:12:00.002-07:00

Recorded 3 December 2011
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

Jingle Bell Rock

2010-12-13T10:24:00.000-07:00

recorded 4 December 2010
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar

A Visit from St. Nicholas

2010-12-09T16:04:00.000-07:00

By Clement Clarke Moore
Read to you by Bob Dylan

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

2010-12-09T15:21:00.002-07:00

recorded 4 December 2010
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

Zoomer's Christmas Medley

2010-12-08T19:11:00.002-07:00

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

Santaland Diaries

2010-11-11T14:04:00.003-07:00

The 1992 NPR broadcast version of David Sedaris' hilarious holiday classic.

Feliz Navidad

2009-12-14T08:50:00.004-07:00

Buddy Winston: lead vocal & guitar
Zoomer Roberts: harmony vocal
Recorded 12 December 2009 at La Tierra Cafe

Everywhere It's Christmas

2009-12-04T07:40:00.005-07:00

The Beatles' 1966 Fan Club Christmas Record

Here Comes Fatty Claus

2009-07-18T19:58:00.011-06:00

(unsuitable for children and some adults)

¡Merry Christmas, Amigos!

2008-12-23T18:56:00.003-07:00

'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!

Blue Christmas

2008-12-22T11:03:00.001-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2008
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar

Please Don't Sing Another Christmas Carol ('cause on Christmas, Carol Said "Goodbye" to Me)

2008-12-21T21:05:00.005-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2008
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar

Noche de Paz

2008-12-21T21:01:00.005-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2008
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar

Don't Give Me Nothin' For Christmas Blues

2008-12-21T08:20:00.003-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2008
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

2008-12-18T08:43:00.003-07:00

Ernestine Schumann-Heink (contralto)
recorded circa 1911

Frontier Christmas

2008-12-07T19:46:00.000-07:00

Performed by Hudson & Landry

The Little Drummer Boy

2008-11-27T10:07:00.001-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2001
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

Deck Us All With Boston Charlie

2008-11-27T09:32:00.000-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2000
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

Christmas Hymns and Carols

2008-11-26T19:04:00.000-07:00

performed by Trinity Choir
recorded circa 1926
dubbed from a scratchy 78 (Victor 35712)

Christmas Melodies

2008-11-26T18:23:00.000-07:00

Performed by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
recorded 1928 (Columbia 50098-D)

White Christmas

2008-11-26T17:00:00.001-07:00

Performed by Cowboy Copas
recorded 1947
dubbed from a scratchy 78 (King 675)

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen!

2008-11-26T16:57:00.001-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2000
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

Santa Claus Is Back In Town

2008-11-26T16:21:00.001-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2007
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & harmonica
Buddy Winston: guitar

Nobody Wants Me For Christmas

2008-11-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2001
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

It's Christmas Eve Day (en la tienda Target)

2008-11-26T11:29:00.000-07:00

from the KTEP Christmas broadcast of 2000
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar
Your host is Gregg Carthy

It Could Be Christmas

2008-11-11T13:31:00.001-07:00

recorded 4 December 2010
Zoomer Roberts: vocal
Buddy Winston: guitar

Taking my cue from local songwriter Gene Keller, I try to write a new song every year for the KTEP Christmas broadcast. Some are serious, and some aren't. The goal of "It Could Be Christmas" was to paint a word picture of Christmas Past without using any cliches. It succeeds reasonably well. If the tune sounds familiar, it's because I borrowed it from Hank Snow's "Brand On My Heart."

Sleigh Bell Boogie

2008-11-11T12:53:00.001-07:00

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!