GTG Records announces the new single from Jeremy Porter - “Colorado Christmas,” Originally recorded by the Nitty Ditty Dirt Band and released by them as a single in 1983. The song was recorded during the Dynamite Alley sessions, Jeremy’s full-length solo album released in September, 2024.
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“I inherited a couple thousand 45rpm singles when my mom’s husband passed away in 2020. He was a DJ for a good part of his life, in San Fransico and Kalamazoo, and had stacks of records. Just a massive fan of music. It took weeks to catalog and alphabetize them, then to separate the ones I was interested in keeping. For months I’d grab random singes out of the pile when we had company and put them on, often with no clue what to expect. One day, probably around fall 2022, I came across the Nitty Ditty Dirt Band doing “Mr. Bojangles,” that amazing song written by Jerry Jeff Walker. Their version is solid, of course, but it was the B-side “Colorado Christmas” that really caught my ear. I’m always looking for a good Christmas song to cover, and I actually spent a Christmas in Colorado as a kid, so it just seemed like a natural choice. The lyrics exploring the contradiction between winter in the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles traffic and palm trees was the icing on the cake.”
Photo: Noreen Porter
Tucos bassist Jake Riley plays upright bass on the song, and The Wild Honey Collective is again represented strongly with Tommy McCord and wife Danielle Gyger singing harmonies, Tommy playing mandolin, and Adam Aymor on pedal steel guitar. Nick Raeon and David Below round out the lineup on banjo and drums.
“As with all of the songs on Dynamite Alley, it’s the surrounding cast way more than me that makes this great. David and I worked the arrangement out on the spot in the studio. Tommy and Dani sing wonderfully together, and Adam’s pedal steel really ties the whole thing together.”
The song will be released on Friday, December 6th to all streaming platforms and available for purchase on Jeremy Porter’s Bandcamp page.
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Jeremy Porter - Vocal, acoustic guitar, percussion
David Below - Drums
Jake Riley - Upright bass
Tommy McCord - Mandolin, harmony
Danielle Gyger - Harmony
Adam Aymor - Pedal Steel
Nick Raeon - Banjo
Produced by Jeremy Porter
Written by Steve Goodman, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC / Originally by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Arranged by Jeremy Porter and David Below
Engineered by Gabriel Doman and Jeremy Porter at The Pharmhouse, Dearborn, MI and The Basement, Plymouth, MI
Mixed by Tim Patalan at The Loft, Saline, MI
Mastered by Chris Goosman at Baseline Audio Labs, Pinckney, MI
Photo help from Jason Bowes
Cover photo: Colorado National Monument, Colorado, Christmas 1979
Back photo: Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, December 1979
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Friday December 6th is BANDCAMP Friday, the one day a month where Bandcamp gives artists a bigger cut of the sale than normal days. PLEASE consider buying a copy.
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