Have a Merry Christmas With the Holly Rocka Rollaz!, Holy Rocka Rollaz (self-issued)

This rockabilly trio apparently is located roughly in Minnesota and they've played the Winter Dance Party, the annual concert in memory of the original show that was the last show of Buddy Holly, RItchie Valens and the Big Bopper. They put this fine period piece of rocka-poppa-billy for 2014, but I just stumbled over it this week. It's half familiar tunes with a rockabilly twist, but there appear to be some originals mixed in, like "Christmas In My Heart," a natural midtempo single; "Under the Mistletoe," which could have been playing at the drugstore when Marty McFly popped into 1955; "Santa Come Home," a nice jungle-drums rocker; "Merry Christmas" and "Always Christmas," both of which owe a lot to Buddy Holly, uptempo and ballad styles respectively. Among the covers, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Joy To the World" have nice uptempo takes, "Silent Night" and "O Holy Night" are typical reverent versions, the latter with ensemble vocals provided entirely by bass player/singer Lisa Lynn; and for the musical geeks, "Jingle All the Wray" is "Jingle Bells" as Link Wray might have done it. Nice work. Here's the lyric video for "Christmas In My Heart."