John McCauley :: Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant (R&G Sessions)
John McCauley – Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant
In my opinion, “Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant” will go down in history as one the greatest Christmas songs of all time. The song is about getting drunk, telling the kids that there is no santa, getting kicked out of the house, and eating Moo Goo Gai Pan for Christmas dinner. John McCauley’s songwriting on this track is in the same vein as country legends Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Strait, and Merle Haggard.
“Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant” is a Diamond Rugs (Damn I’m On Drugs) cover that John performed for Rollo & Grady Sessions last month. Rugs consists of McCauley, Ian Saint Pe (Black Lips), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Rob Crowell (Deer Tick), and Brian Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite).
Download the Diamond Rugs studio version and the acoustic version after the jump:
Diamond Rugs – Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant by Partisan Records
John McCauley of Deer Tick – All Apologies (Nirvana)
John McCauley of Deer Tick – Main Street
Download:
MP3: John McCauley – Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant (Rollo & Grady Sessions)
MP3: John McCauley – All Apologies (Rollo & Grady Sessions)
MP3: John McCauley – Main Street Take (Rollo & Grady Sessions)
December 5th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
[...] also recently performed a solo rendition of the song for Rollo & Grando, which you can watch [...]
December 5th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
[...] also recently performed a solo rendition of the song for Rollo & Grando, which you can watch [...]
December 5th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
love the tune and the session, although i would not consider george strait a songwriter. he hardly wrote any of his own songs. everyone else writes his songs, he just sings them. he knows how to pick them though…
December 5th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Thanks CP.
December 22nd, 2011 at 6:07 am
I can’t download these tracks, it just keeps playing in the Yahoo! Player… Help?
December 22nd, 2011 at 7:09 am
Windows:: Right-Click – Save-As
Mac: Ctrl + Click
December 22nd, 2011 at 8:57 am
Thanks, I tried that right off, I’m in Mozilla, let me try IE. I need these tracks!
December 22nd, 2011 at 9:03 am
Firefox works best for me.
December 22nd, 2011 at 9:06 am
Believe it or not IE worked better at something for once Lol Thanks for the music. McCauley is magic man. Everything he touches is gold. Thanks again!
December 22nd, 2011 at 10:37 am
Nice. We have 4 more songs/videos. Should be up in early January.