new christmas 7" out december 7th, yo.
two songs from the charlie brown christmas special that originally aired on cbs in 1965.
release party @ cafe bourbon street thurs. december 9th w/ jinx palm, the blue revision and wet leather.


TOM FOOLERY AND THE MISTAKES SAVE CHRISTMAS

In the world of rock ‘n’ roll, Christmas albums are an anomaly. Rarely do they count when evaluating artists from an historical perspective — I mean, nobody argues that Elvis Presley belongs on a list of the greatest rock ‘n’ rollers because he cut an excellent Christmas album — yet rock ‘n’ roll Christmas albums have their place. And why not? Christmas is joyous, rock ‘n’ roll is joyous. Could there be anything more joyous than a combination of the two?!

You can count the great rock ‘n’ roll Christmas albums on two hands. There’s a couple of Elvis Christmas sets, there’s Phil Spector’s Christmas Album, a quartet or so of great Motown Christmas long players, the Ventures’ instrumental attack on the holiday, and The Beach Boys’ Christmas set.
Tom Foolery and the Mistakes know this, of course, which is why they have chosen instead to innovate. They've compressed an entire album's worth of Christmas cheer into one 7-inch single for you, the listener, to enjoy. It's music that could make even Santa himself bust out some air guitar!

We hope you enjoy this collection of spirited Christmas tunes. There’s something here for everybody, and all of it features the classic harmonies of one of the quintessential American rock groups – Tom Foolery and the Mistakes. Take an egg nog for the team and join us for some rock 'n' roll joy!

---Sean Padilla
November 2004