For Christ's Sake!, by Jon Graboff

For Christ's Sake!

by Jon Graboff

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1.	Sleigh Ride 02:14	info
2.	Winter Wonderland 03:08	info
3.	Christmas Wish 02:37	info
4.	Here Comes Santa Claus 02:17	info
5.	Merry Christmas Baby 02:40	info
6.	Christmas Shopping 02:37	info
7.	Too Late For Tonight (Bombay Noel) 02:43	info
8.	Thanks For Christmas 03:47	info
9.	Run Rudolph Run 03:15	info
10.	Joy To The World 03:22	info
11.	Hark The Herald Angels 01:30	info

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“For Christ's Sake!” is multi-instrumentalist/producer/arranger Jon Graboff's debut solo release.

To back him in this spirited, swinging effort, he has hand-picked a stellar line-up of musicians.

In his career as a sideman-on-demand, he has played and/or recorded with artists such as Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Joan Osborne, David Byrne, Amy Rigby, Phil Lesh, Laura Cantrell, Shooter Jennings, Yo La Tengo, Carrie Underwood, Jon Spencer, Amy Allison, Paul Burch, Ronnie Spector, Buddy Woodward & The Nitro Express, Ben E. King, Freedy Johnston, R. Stevie Moore, Noel Gallagher, Son Of Caesar, Ron Sexsmith and many others.

“For Christ's Sake!” finds him stepping out front for a set of country- and pop-influenced holiday instrumentals.

His musical inspirations for this album run far and wide. The Beach Boys “Merry Chritmas Baby” gets the Phil-Spector-meets-Buck-Owens treatment. The Mills Brothers provide the road map for perhaps the album’s most swinging number, “Here Comes Santa Claus.” The Staple Singers get a nod on the down-home sounding “Joy To The World.” In addition, Jon covers NRBQ’s “Christmas Wish” and his turns one of colleague Laura Cantrell’s originals, “Too Late For Tonight,” into a holiday gem. Jon turns in a version of the The Three Wise Men’s (aka XTC) tune “Thanks For Christmas.”

The set also includes a Jon Graboff original, "Christmas Shopping." "The mixed emotions I always experience during the holidays are captured on this tune," says Graboff. "Of course, there's good cheer—tempered slightly by trepidation…unfettered glee, a major key and time signature change, a sprinkling of sleigh bells, and presto! A Christmas song."

His merry band includes many well-known New York musicians, all strong session players and some frontmen in their own right. Dennis Diken, of the Smithereens and Sleeping Giant, and Louie Appel, who has played with artists ranging from Peter Frampton to Tom Verlaine, handle the percussion and drumming duties. Keyboardist extraordinaire Dave Amels (Swingin' Neckbreakers, Husky Team) shows his stuff, while acoustic bassist Steve Alcott (Dan Hicks, Doc Cheatham) and Fender bass specialist Jeremy Chatzky (Bruce Springsteen, They Might Be Giants) complete the rhythm section. Andrew Carillo (Joan Osborne, Parlor James) added a few more rhythm guitars and sax man Paul Scher (Lone Sharks) rounded out the ensemble.

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released November 13, 2020

Produced by Jon Graboff

Illustration: Joel Edwards

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