Name: Billy's Xmas Spirit
Duration: P00H04M55S
Description: The music was written in 1987 while I was a member of The Bud Collins Trio. Chris Duers wrote words and titled the song "Philip's Demented Christmas". After I left the band in 1989 I wrote my own lyrics and re-titled the song. It remains one of my favorites to this day.

Billy's Xmas Spirit

from Fun-Size by Tony Castellano

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The music was written in 1987 while I was a member of The Bud Collins Trio. Chris Duers wrote words and titled the song "Philip's Demented Christmas". After I left the band in 1989 I wrote my own lyrics and re-titled the song. It remains one of my favorites to this day.

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Billy's Christmas list was long and he sorted it with care he dreamed of magical Christmas morn' and all the stuff that would be there he had been a very good boy all year long and he knew he would be duly blessed with the mutant ninja action pack the Simpsons shirt and all the rest but Billy knew old Santa Clause was overworked and run down because he'd seen him ringing bells in the shopping malls around town so he put down plenty of alternates and in case there was some doubt the list price next to every item this is what Christmas is all about Billy grew and fell in with a nasty sort of crowd they'd hang out in the parking lot getting drunk and rude and loud Billy'd learned to hold his own and he carried a long sharp knife when things got dull he'd have some fun and threaten somebody's life at Christmas time he'd wait around outside the expensive shops and rob the innocent passers-by while watching out for the cops their jewelry gifts and cash he'd take as he filled them up with fear Billy chuckled to himself "Gonna be a damn good Christmas this year!"

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from Fun-Size, released January 1, 1998
Features the Holiday Revelers (during the end guitar solo): Robert Mulcahy, Kathy O'Keefe, Art Larson, Melinda Larson, Emma Larson, Robert Mulcahy Jr., Gary Dodd

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Tony Castellano East Hartford, Connecticut

Progressive-rock-influenced multi-instrumentalist and singer who has played with many different bands, including The Bud Collins Trio, Holding Pattern, Ludent Tremmel's Gno, The Realm, and Magnetar, on either bass or bass and keyboards. In recent years he has been playing mostly drums, for several different recording projects and also as a member of his sister's band, Anne Castellano & The Smoke. ... more

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