Shimmy She Wobble

Lots of blues songs this year.

Lightnin’ Hopkins:

“I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You” was a hit Christmas single for the French singer Claudine Longet in 1968. She shot and killed her skier boyfriend in the spring of 1976. Supposedly he was cheating on her. That version of the song is included here as well as the recent cover by St. Etienne. Also included is the Stones song about Claudine. Only available on bootlegs.

Download the 2009 Christmas playlist – 2009 Xmas Black Killer Blues.zip (complete mix – 23 songs)

1. kinks – a rock ‘n’ roll christmas
2. low – just like christmas.mp3
3. killers – don’t shoot me santa
4. john lee hooker – blues for christmas.mp3
5. st. etienne – i don’t intend to spend christmas without you
6. martels – rockin’ santa claus
7. shane macgowan & the popes – christmas party
8. the knife – christmas reindeer.mp3 : new favorite xmas song
9. tampa red – christmas and new year blues
10. glasvegas – a snowflake fell (and it felt like a kiss)
11. james dean bradfield – last christmas
12. washboard pete – christmas blues
13. mountain goats – run run rudolph.mp3 : one of the harder rocking xmas songs i have heard
14. raveonettes – come on santa
15. ike & tina turner – merry christmas baby
16. of montreal – my favorite christmas (in a hundred words or less)
17. lightnin’ hopkins – santa.mp3
18. sugarcubes – christmas eve
19. marlene dietrich – der trommelmann
20. big joe williams – christmas blues.mp3
21. claudine longet – i don’t intend to spend christmas without you
22. rolling stones – claudine.mp3
23. mazzy star – 9 flowers in december (live KRCW 1996)

Claudine and Andy Williams: