Jacqui Naylor | "Smashed for the Holidays"

For her long-awaited holiday CD, Smashed for the Holidays, vocalist and songwriter Jacqui Naylor has melded a seamless combination of classic rock and holiday classics. Tying everything together is the artist's trademark "acoustic smashing," where here she sings a holiday standard while the band plays a well-known rock tune. Picture "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" over Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," "Santa Baby" sung to the groove of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er," and "We Three Kings" smashed with their classic "When the Levee Breaks." Add to the "smashes" Naylor's sensitive treatment of ballads and lyrically-inspired originals and it becomes clear why JazzTimes calls this artist a "triple threat." Check out her relaxed versions of The Kinks' "Father Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in 5/4 time. Naylor brings this recording home for the holidays with the originals "Winter," sung lovingly as a bossa nova, "Christmas Ain't What It Used to Be," with its hard driving funk groove, and the light-hearted "Celebrate Early and Often."


Track listing:
1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (smashed with "Sweet Home Alabama")
2. Santa Baby (smashed with "D'yer Mak'er")
3. Celebrate Early and Often
4. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
5. What Child Is This (smashed with "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You")
6. Thank You Baby
7. We Three Kings (smashed with "When the Levee Breaks")
8. The Christmas Song
9. Winter
10. Father Christmas
11. Silver Bells (smashed with "Every Breath You Take")
12. Christmas Ain't What It Used To Be
13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas


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