Christmas In Memphis

Husky Team | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 12, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Confidential Recordings
• ASIN: B000079QA4
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,574 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Man With All The Toys

2. Auld Lang Syne

3. Christmas Day

4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

5. Little Saint Nick

6. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

7. Silent Night

8. We Three Kings

9. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

10. SantaÕs Beard

11. Santa Claus Is CominÕ To Town

12. Feliz Navidad

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 - Smithereens drummer offers up Christmas classics, Stax style, December 17, 2009

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This review is from: Christmas In Memphis (Audio CD)

Here's a fun Christmas album from 2002 on which organist/inventor/WFMU DJ Dave Amels and Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken give a Stax-styled instrumental spin to a slate of holiday classics. From the opening of the Beach Boys' "He's the Man with All the Toys," you get plenty of smooth organ, deep bass, twangy guitar, punchy drums and the funky vibe Stax created in their Memphis studio. A few numbers roll in iconic MG riffs, such as the organ and guitar of "Green Onions" behind the Husky Team's version of "Auld Lang Syne," but for the most part the players just revel in the Stax sound and groove. For the real thing, check out Stax's Christmas in Soulville, but as a fine instrumental tribute, these super soul Christmas classics will warm you as if you'd thrown another log onto your holiday music fire. 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]