Once upon a time in the old cowhand from the Rio Grande West…
Howdy pardners! Professor Mikey here welcoming you to another visit to the RetroRanch just in time for the big Christmas extravaganza. If you heard the show last year you know it’s a rootin’ tootin’ gallopalooza from a more innocent time.
We sampled the peppermint and holly decorated jukeboxes from the 50s, 60s, and 70s for some rip roaring rarities. We try to steer clear of the worn out hits and misses that clog the airwaves this time of year. Put them out to pasture for a while so we can hear some sure shots you may not be familiar with, but you know the season they are aiming at.
You are bound to know someone who would get a mule kick out of this episode of Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL! This post is public so feel free to share it. It’s cheaper than a present, quicker than a holiday card, and it awakes the cowboy and cowgirl in all of us. Much obliged.
Yes we are back in the Christmas saddle again. The world was in a mess when these songs were recorded, but as we’ve come to find out the world is always in a mess. In these good old days, folks worried about the atom bomb, the hydrogen bomb, the American dream, hippies, and then disco music. So wild west TV show, movies, and music stood tall in the middle stall you all.
And by gum and jolly jack rabbits, this marshmallow world is still in a mess, so these songs fit right in. Back then, Texas troubadours first made innocent songs for the little fellers and the girls who wanted to shoot like Annie Oakley. There’s a great song in here about wanting a hippopotamus for Christmas. As the years passed, country music focused more on the adult audiences. That’s where we got Christmas songs about divorced truck drivers, lost lariats, jingle bell jail time, and Santa parking lost sweethearts underneath the mistletoe .
So it’s a mixed saddle bag full of sagebrush surprises, outlaw snowmen, and rip roaring reindeer. I’m Professor Mikey and I’m glad to have you riding shotgun. Enjoy this first half-hour as we Return to the RetroRanch Christmas.
Because it’s Christmas Time Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
One Happy Christmas Tammy Wynette
New Baby for Christmas George Jones
Baby Sittin’ Santa Barry Richards
Why Daddy? Rex Allen
In Santa’s Bag Ferlin Husky
I’d Like to Have an Elephant for Christmas Hank Thompson
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Gayla Peevey
Santy Baby Homer and Jethro
I’m Trimming My Tree with Teardrops Ernest Tubb
I won’t Decorate Your Christmas Tree This Year Loretta Lynn
“The past is a blast!
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