"Christmas in Fallujah," Cass Dillon (Impulsive)

Yes, we did review a song with this title not too long ago -- of all the Christmas titles to attract duplicate songs, eh? Dillon does his own singing and songwriting, but this classic rock-sounding tune from 2007 is apparently the first rock song written by Billy Joel in nearly a decade. No mistake -- the Joel connection is touted in the Gracenote info of the downloaded song, as well as the blurb on iTunes. The lyrics are inspired by letters home from Iraq soldiers, though they're woven into a first-person narrative that treads some of the same ground as Jefferson Pepper's tune. Proceeds from the song benefitted Homes For Our Troops at the time, but the song appears to be completely unavailable for now. Here it is on someone's homemade YouTube video: