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	<title>The Tater Blog &#187; Christmas</title>
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		<title>Merry Christmas to all</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[just a quick posting before I sign off for the evening (finally!). I hope everyone reading this has a great Christmas, no matter how you choose to celebrate!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just a quick posting before I sign off for the evening (finally!). I hope everyone reading this has a great Christmas, no matter how you choose to celebrate!</p>
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		<title>All the Whos down in Who-ville</title>
		<link>http://www.thetaters.com/blog/2008/12/23/all-the-whos-down-in-who-ville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another unexpected and much appreciated gift towards the new CD, this one from &#8220;Anonymous Fan&#8221; came in the mail today! Don&#8217;t even know who to thank for this one, but I hope whoever it is reads this blog so I can say how much all the Taters appreciate it! It&#8217;s no exaggeration to say that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another unexpected and much appreciated gift towards the new CD, this one from &#8220;Anonymous Fan&#8221; came in the mail today! Don&#8217;t even know who to thank for this one, but I hope whoever it is reads this blog so I can say how much all the Taters appreciate it! It&#8217;s no exaggeration to say that this will really help us keep things moving, especially as we enter into the bleak midwinter (or, as I like call it&#8230; January!). The gift came with a great poem as well, and I&#8217;ll post that as soon as I can type it all out (or persuade other family members to help <img src='http://www.thetaters.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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<p>I&#8217;m always happy when people come up at the shows and say how much they enjoyed it, or when I hear from people who&#8217;ve enjoyed the CDs. It means much more than a lot of people probably realize. When you consider how much music is out there in the world, how many shows there are to see on any given night, and all the competition from TV, radio, etc, it&#8217;s pretty encouraging to know how many people are actually choosing to spend their time with us. I don&#8217;t often take the time to thank everyone individually, especially those who come out regularly, or who buy all of our music, but just know that it&#8217;s all absorbed and appreciated. I&#8217;m sure the other Taters would echo me on this!</p>
<p>So, &#8220;Anonymous&#8221;, thanks again for your gift, and I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy the fruits of it when the CD comes out!</p>
<p>I think you will!</p>
<p>And I&#8217;ll leave you with a quote from the good Dr. himself,<br />
<a href="http://www.thetaters.com/tater_images/whos.gif"><img class="alignright" title="All the Whos down in Whoville" src="http://www.thetaters.com/tater_images/whos.gif" alt="" width="200" height="210" /></a></p>
<pre><span style="color: #ff0000;">"Welcome Christmas, Bring your cheer
Cheer to all Whos far and near
Christmas Day is in our grasp
So long as we have hands to clasp
Christmas Day will always be
Just as long as we have we"</span></pre>
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		<title>One fine day</title>
		<link>http://www.thetaters.com/blog/2008/12/22/one-fine-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[or rather, one fine evening was had on Saturday, at the 5th (6th? 8th?) annual TaterSons Christmas Party show in Ashland. We&#8217;ve been doing these shows for sometime now with our Tater pals from up the road apiece, the Grandsons, and it gets more fun each year. At several points in the evening there were [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>or rather, one fine <strong>evening</strong> was had on Saturday, at the 5th (6th? 8th?) annual TaterSons Christmas Party show in Ashland. We&#8217;ve been doing these shows for sometime now with our Tater pals from up the road apiece, <a title="The Grandsons" href="http://grandsons.com/index.shtml" target="_blank">the Grandsons</a>, and it gets more fun each year. At several points in the evening there were 4 or 5 Taters, 4 Grandsons, and I could swear I saw at least a few ladies dancing, and a lord or two a&#8217; leaping on stage (or maybe that was just Harry. It gives us a chance at least once a year to pull out the stops on most of the Christmas songs we know, and a few that we don&#8217;t -- would you expect any less from a Taters show? Some of the best parts are trying new arrangements on the fly and having them <strong>work</strong>!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example -- Greg was riffing around on guitar with &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Turn You Loose&#8221; as we were about to start a song, and Chris (from the Grandsons) picked up on it, so Silver Bells turned into a most unique rendition! Take a listen -- <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/dgoxatd66o">Silver Bells</a></p>
<p>We hope to be having some of the Grandsons on the new CD, doing some horn parts, and after this show I&#8217;m especially excited about the prospect. As a lot of you know, there were on several cuts on our live CD <a title="Just One Night" href="http://www.thetaters.com/tater_store.htm" target="_blank">Just One Night</a>, and that was a blast as well.</p>
<p>Thanks to all who came out and making it a fine, fine evening. I&#8217;ll leave you with this for now (no, we didn&#8217;t actually do this song, but in the future&#8230;?)</p>
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