Hey Wrecking Crew friends and family,
 Just a quick note to say, "Goodbye 2020!"
I hope you and your families are well. Recently I was listening to the classic "Christmas Gift For You" album.
This is still considered one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time. But some of you might not know, when it came out in the United States, it was on November 22, 1963, The same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and was a relative failure at the time. Who knew that almost 60 years later, we would be listening to that album that brought us so much joy over the years.
Every year my family would put that album on with all of its scratches and skips and play it while we opened gifts on Christmas morning.
I think the reason great Christmas albums have longevity is the tradition of listening to them only at this time of the year. Its something to look forward to.
I wanted to highlight a couple of Christmas albums that come out of the folks from the Wrecking Crew.
 Sax legend, Plas Johnson came out with a Holiday Album with Joey Altruda a few years ago. Its still one of my favorites. I love the rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", click the cover graphic to check it out.
One of the main reasons I made the Wrecking Crew was the fact that music is forever. Moses gave us the 10 commandments, Thomas Jefferson gave us the Declaration of Independence, and the musicians and artists gave us the music that we can still listen to.
Recently, Mike Post the legendary composer shared some wisdom. We were talking about the changes in music over the years. To quote him, "The only thing that is constant in art, is change". Which brings me to something I was fortunate enough to watch. Last year, I was invited to watch Billy Davis Jr and Marilyn McCoo from the 5th Dimension, record their latest project, called, "Coming2Gether" which was produced by Randy Breedlove and Billy.
The 5th Dimension recordings are still some of my favorite of all time. Billy and Marilyn have a ministry which is called, "Soldiers For The Second Coming". Once you hear a few songs, you realize that Billy's roots comes from Gospel. Their voices are as strong and powerful as ever. I added a piece of the song to the end of the video. But you really should hear that album and their new Christmas song, "It Wouldn't be Christmas".
 Click at right to watch the outtake of Billy and Marilyn .
If you're interested in Wrecking Crew Merch for the holidays, we'll try our best to get it out.
I hope you have a safe holiday and please take care of each other. Wear a mask.
Happy New Year! |
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