2 ~ Why?
3 ~ Which Rickenbacker stringed instrument do you prefer strapping on when you play this tune?
1 ~ "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Composed by Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots, 1934)
2 ~ I dig the chord changes in the verse (e.g., C-C7-F-Bb7-C-C7-F-Bb7----Em-Am-Dm-G7-Ab-Db)
2 ~ I dig the chord changes in the bridge (e.g., Gm-C7-F-D7-Gm-C7-F-Am-D7-G-E7-Am-D7-Dm)
3 ~ 360/6 Montezuma Brown with 7.4k-ohm Toasters® plugged into a Rivera or Fender tube amp on a clean setting.
My amigo Octavio and I played this version last week while our middle-schoolers joined in singing this jazzier version. He was on tenor sax and I accompanied him on my Martin HD-28. Yeah, man, it was sort of funny. The typical middle-school resistance of "we're-too-cool-to-sing-these-tunes" soon dissipated when the rapscallions saw how much fun these two knuckleheaded teachers were having singing traditional holiday songs. The spirit of the season had invaded our bods!
Peace, out.....Goofyfoot.
