I'm getting a really early start on our 2007 holiday music cd.

I've put together a tribute to James Brown, who passed away on Christmas Day morning 2006, as you certainly already know. You also probably know JB regularly released holiday tunes over the years, which we almost always play at some point during slipping acre festivities. I sampled from about 10 of them.

I call it "Christmas in Heaven with James Brown." Christmas in Heaven is a tune he released in 1966. And if there is such an existential plane, he's funkifying it right now.

If you'd like an early listen, here's an mp3 for download (it's a large file... 9.7MB... a ~10 minute mix). Let me know what you think, I've got 11 months to make improvements.