Various Artists - Christmas Dreamers: Yuletide Country (1960-1972)

Daddies don’t always come home for Christmas. From the snow-covered plains of Wisconsin’s Driftless region to the palm-lined avenues of Los Angeles, the loneliness of the holidays is a universal theme, best expressed by tear-in-the-beer country music hopefuls. Sung and strummed (and plucked) by an unlikely assortment of Nashville aspirants, our Christmas Dreamers spent the ’60s gambling their futures on the AM airwaves of a forgotten America.

Tracklisting:

• Joyce Street Make This A Good Christmas
• Charlie Stewart Santa Claus Won't Come This Year
• Glenn Brookshire Christmas Come Back To Me
• Billy Egr with Bobby Van & The Swing Kids What Would Santa Claus Think
• Don McGinnis & The Cactus Cutups When Santa Comes
• Bobby Hodge Blue Christmas
• Dick Sicely & The Country Boys A Christmas Walk With God
• Joyce Street What I Really Want For Christmas
• Charlie Stewart Santa Claus Ain't A Hippie
• Ben Hinds All I Want For Christmas (Is A Go Go Girl)
• The Caravans Rock and Roll Christmas
• Don McGinnis & The Cactus Cutups I’ll Be Home For