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“Run Rudolph Run” (Chuck Berry Cover) – Jim Fusco & Chris Moore

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Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the Laptop Sessions! Chris Moore and I got together to record our duo version of “Run Rudolph Run” by Chuck Berry — watch the video here.

About “Run Rudolph Run”

Chuck Berry released “Run Rudolph Run” as a single in 1958 on Chess Records, and it’s been a rock-and-roll Christmas staple ever since. It’s essentially a 12-bar blues rave-up with a holiday twist — pure Chuck Berry, and one of the coolest Christmas songs ever recorded.

Chris and I cut loose on this one — it’s impossible to play a Chuck Berry song without grinning. Our duo version keeps the rock-and-roll spirit front and center. Merry Christmas, and watch out for Santa’s reindeer!

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“Christmas Morning” by Jim Fusco – FREE mp3 Download! – Day 14 of 14

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By Jim Fusco:

And here it is- the end of the line.  I can’t believe we’re already through all 14 days of my Rock’n’Roll Christmas celebration!  Remind me to never do this again. 🙂

Today’s song is my original Christmas tune, “Christmas Morning”, that I wrote back in high school!  I personally think every artist has ONE good Christmas song in them.  And, to be honest, I’m not exactly sure that I’d ever be able to come up with another one as catchy as this one, so I don’t think I’m going to try!

I recorded this song for the first time back in 2004 for our Christmas album, “Our Christmas Gift To You”.  At the time, I was just getting used to playing the guitar and recording with my digital 24-track.  I had basic microphones, too.  Now, I have a Cab Clone to record my guitars, various tube amps, high quality mics, compressors, preamps, and…the same 24 track mixer.  But, if you’ve heard both versions, you can really tell a big difference.  I’ll probably end-up recording this again in the future after my equipment gets even better!

My wife Becky helps me sing on this tune, too.  I was going to have my brother Mike help out, but he was sick when he came home for Thanksgiving, so he couldn’t sing on it.  Next time, though!

I hope you’ve had as much fun reading and listening to these Christmas songs as I have making them.  It’s a pretty big accomplishment for me to do all of this while being so busy otherwise.  I hope I can maybe just do one song a year from now on, just to keep me into the recording process.  Enjoy “Christmas Morning” and have a Merry Christmas!

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“Christmas Cards” (Original Christmas Song by Chris Moore) – The Laptop Sessions

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Okay, it’s time for me to contribute to “Original Wednesday.” And for my first selection…

This is one of my original Christmas songs. I know it’s a bit sad for a Christmas song, but it was a clear and simple portrait of how I felt at the time that I wrote it. And it still takes me back. (I suppose the question is, why would I want to?…)



Editor’s note: this post was originally published before December 2015; the exact original date is uncertain.

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“Santa’s Beard” by Jim Fusco – FREE mp3 Download! – Day 13 of 14

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By Jim Fusco:

Let’s pretend for a moment that it’s still Friday night, shall we? 🙂

Day 13 is here and I’ve got my last Christmas cover song for you!  It’s a tune I’ve been singing to my 4-month old son since he was born.  For some reason, I got it in my head that he would like it, so I started singing it to him.  Now, it seems like he recognizes it and likes to hear it.  So, I may sing it year-round!

“Santa’s Beard” by the Beach Boys is one of those songs you’ve probably heard in passing here and there over the years.  It’s a cute tune and I really like the vocals, as always.  This ended up being one of the hardest songs to record because of the awesome walking bass line in it.  What a project!  It really took me a long time to get that down, but now that I did, it’s pretty spot-on to the original, if I do say so myself.

Enjoy “Santa’s Beard” and remember to download all of the rest of the Christmas songs.  The last song in Jim Fusco’s 14 Days of Rock’n’Roll Christmas 2015 is next!

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