Mulligan Stew Dec 21st 2024- Trans Canada Christmas Vol 1

Steven Page – BNLadies and Steven Page Trio

Moe Berg – Pursuit of Happiness

Craig Northey – Odds and Steven Page Trio

Chris Murphy – Sloan

Great friends, each with his own band and career.

What they have in common is an appreciation of the music they grew up with and a much welcomed sense of humour.

These Christmas sessions began in the ’70s at CBC Vancouver with Producer Susan Englebert: Shari Ulrich, Valdy, Terry Frewer, Roy Forbes, and a number of guests.

That Christmas Jam was 5-6 years of gathering around a series of microphones, playing Christmas songs and telling Christmas stories. Such fun.

Sadly, we lost our friend Susan to cancer and the Christmas show to time itself.

The concept returned at Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver in 2015 and we enjoyed three years of Christmas in the Round with Barney Bentall and his assorted friends.

We’ve played all three years on past Christmas Stews.

Each Highwayman brings a Christmas song and stories of past Christmas tales.

5 songs in total. Craig Northey’s was co-written with Brent Butt of Corner Gas. Steven’s is about cheese logs. Chris’s is about kids coming home and Moe’s is the Christmas Classic Mistletoe and Holly.  They finish with Do they know it’s Christmas.

Hour one is jammed with The Pogues, Mumford and Sons, John Reid, a brand new Dan Mangan Christmas song, William Prince, Bros. Landreth, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Jill Barber, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.