Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!
On Dec. 9th, 1965 – 49 years ago – nearly half of the US population tuned in to A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schultz, an animated broadcast that featured the music of the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Prior to its debut, producers were worried it was too religious, and the soundtrack was too jazz cutting edge for children’s programming. Were they ever wrong! 15 million homes had eyes glued to that broadcast, and it has since become an iconic Christmas classic.
Jerry Granelli, a drummer and a long time native of Halifax, NS is the only surviving member of that original trio. On December 7th of this year the Jerry Granelli Trio toured a show called Tales of A Charlie Brown Christmas that featured all the music from that original broadcast.
Here they are doing the true classic, Linus and Lucy.
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December 24, 2014 at 7:30 am
VR Kaine
Nice find, Arb!!! Heads up, however – you got spammed by ole Yes Car Rentals trying to piggy back on your goodwill above. :)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone, btw. It’s been an eventful year full of spirited debates (and complaints!) however I do wish you all the very best for the holidays and the very best for 2015.
Yours,
Christmas Vern
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December 24, 2014 at 7:40 am
The Arbourist
@Vern
Thanks for the heads up, spam taken care of.
And a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you Vern. :)
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