Rolling Stone Song You Need to Know: Michael Falzarano’s ‘The Eggnog Shuffle’
A new holiday instrumental featuring jam band legends captures the spirit of the season. Pass the jug!
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Christmas album, not so much. That may start to change with Michael Falzarano and Extended Family’s
A Kaleidoscope Christmas, a collection of original and classic yuletide songs led by the singer and guitarist known for his stints in Hot Tuna and the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
Thanks to those connections, this is a Christmas album that features guitarist Kaukonen and Falzarano’s other Hot Tuna bandmate, co-founder and bassist Jack Casady, along with the likes of former Jefferson Starship keyboardist Pete Sears and guitarist Jeff Mattson (of Dark Star Orchestra and Phil Lesh & Friends renown). And that’s hardly the most unconventional aspect of it. You’ve probably never heard as many guitar solos on a holiday tune as on “Jingle Bells Jingle Jam,” and you can probab