Anyone who knows me knows that my favorite time of year is Christmas time and one of my all time favorite Christmas movies is Scrooged starring Bill Murray and that some of my favorite quotes from the movie are spoken by David Johansen as the Ghost of Christmas Past ("Niagara Falls Frankie Angel", "Which floor?" and "Go back to Jersey you moron!"). David Johansen, the cross dressing lead singer for the New York Dolls decided in the late 80's to pull a 180 degree switch, adopted the persona of Buster Poindexter and started releasing albums completely unrelated to his New York Dolls discography. His most well known release was the first Buster Poindexter album which contained the hit "Hot, Hot, Hot". This album has his version of "Hit the Road Jack" which also became a minor hit but that's not why you listen to this album. It's a little lounge, a little Carribean, a little swingin' bluesy and Johansen's voice lends itself particularly well to all of it. Many of the tunes are covers of songs from the 40's but ends with a couple of originals that meld in well with the rest of the tracks. This is a good record to throw on the turntable on a snowy Sunday. I'll keep this one.
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