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Twas 10 days before Christmas and all through the house......EVERYONE was stirring, even the F^&*'n mouse......Why? :rolleyes: ......they were Rockin' to Gary Hoey!!! :(:D

Snaildarter, Strega and I went to a smokin' hot Christmas concert last Friday.......sounds weird huh? :(:blink: .......hard to picture smokin' hot guitar licks applied to Christmas tunes.......but Gary Hoey gives Christmas music a whole new sound/vibe.......he was in town at the Jumping Turtle last Friday and we were lucky enough to catch the "Sled of Shred" show.....

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Check out this video of Gary playing “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” on a Boston news station on Wednesday of last week:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Ins...mp;pageId=5.2.1

Another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElLtgZXX30...feature=related

Anyway, thought I'd share if you've never heard of him and you're ready to update your Christmas CD collection………Christmas music was never the same around my house after I picked up my first "Ho Ho Hoey" CD almost 10 years ago......my kids have grown up listening to his rockin' covers of traditional Christmas tunes in addition to the standard versions.....

You can pick up his "Best of" Ho Ho Hoey CD from his website: http://garyhoey.com/discography/ho-ho-hoey...ete-collection/

Happy Holidays & Rock On!

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Been listening to Ho Ho Hoey for quite a while myself, I have three of his Christmas albums and a few of his regular albums too. The guy is a guitar god.

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Was a very good show, and even the power on stage went out a few times and he kept right on singing. Good times all around.

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Twas 10 days before Christmas and all through the house......EVERYONE was stirring, even the F^&*'n mouse......Why? :rolleyes: ......they were Rockin' to Gary Hoey!!! :(:D

Snaildarter, Strega and I went to a smokin' hot Christmas concert last Friday.......sounds weird huh? :(:blink: .......hard to picture smokin' hot guitar licks applied to Christmas tunes.......but Gary Hoey gives Christmas music a whole new sound/vibe.......he was in town at the Jumping Turtle last Friday and we were lucky enough to catch the "Sled of Shred" show.....

gary20hoeysm.jpg

Check out this video of Gary playing “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” on a Boston news station on Wednesday of last week:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Ins...mp;pageId=5.2.1

Another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElLtgZXX30...feature=related

Anyway, thought I'd share if you've never heard of him and you're ready to update your Christmas CD collection………Christmas music was never the same around my house after I picked up my first "Ho Ho Hoey" CD almost 10 years ago......my kids have grown up listening to his rockin' covers of traditional Christmas tunes in addition to the standard versions.....

You can pick up his "Best of" Ho Ho Hoey CD from his website: http://garyhoey.com/discography/ho-ho-hoey...ete-collection/

Happy Holidays & Rock On!

This is the first I have heard of him, thank you. I think my wife will also like him as well as my 13 year old. You have spared me.

I'm on my way to get his CD.

Chris don't forget my wife is the one who makes custom Elvis running suits for the Rock n Roll marathon..that was you that said you wanted to run as one of the Elvis runners, right?

Ron

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This is the first I have heard of him, thank you. I think my wife will also like him as well as my 13 year old. You have spared me.

I'm on my way to get his CD.

Chris don't forget my wife is the one who makes custom Elvis running suits for the Rock n Roll marathon..that was you that said you wanted to run as one of the Elvis runners, right?

Ron

Can she make an Elvis suit I can ride in? I'm thinking next year's LA/Barstow/Vegas, I should rock the Elvis attire on Day 2 :rolleyes:

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This is the first I have heard of him, thank you. I think my wife will also like him as well as my 13 year old. You have spared me.

I'm on my way to get his CD.

Chris don't forget my wife is the one who makes custom Elvis running suits for the Rock n Roll marathon..that was you that said you wanted to run as one of the Elvis runners, right?

Ron

Can she make an Elvis suit I can ride in? I'm thinking next year's LA/Barstow/Vegas, I should rock the Elvis attire on Day 2 :rolleyes:

Ride, run, surf any Elvis you need.

Ron

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Chris don't forget my wife is the one who makes custom Elvis running suits for the Rock n Roll marathon..that was you that said you wanted to run as one of the Elvis runners, right?

Ron

Happy to introduce you to Gary Hoey......your 13yr old may think you're cool/hip (for a day)

I think I'm done with the R&R marathon.....I ran ( :rolleyes::(:blink::( ) in 7 of the 10 that have been held......I'm done.....may still do the San Dieguito half in Feb from time to time.....best beer garden of any half.....

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I was born on Dec 31st and I got my namesake from not only the Bible but my Dad's favorite Christmas special with the title to this song. It's much more mellow than your post probably called for but David Bowie used to rock! :rolleyes:

My Dad's been gone for nearly 20 years now and yes I get watery eyed when I see a Christmas tree and hear the original and think of how much I miss him...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs

Remember who is the reason for this season ! :blink:

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Heard a sample of his tunes the other morning. He definitely rocks a Christmas tune. :o<_<

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He's back.......I'm heading over to see Gary Hoey tear it up at the Belly Up on Wed the 16th......are you "in"?

http://www.bellyup.com/show/detail/22875

Twas 10 days before Christmas and all through the house......EVERYONE was stirring, even the F^&*'n mouse......Why? :lol: ......they were Rockin' to Gary Hoey!!! :lol::D

Snaildarter, Strega and I went to a smokin' hot Christmas concert last Friday.......sounds weird huh? :huh::o .......hard to picture smokin' hot guitar licks applied to Christmas tunes.......but Gary Hoey gives Christmas music a whole new sound/vibe.......he was in town at the Jumping Turtle last Friday and we were lucky enough to catch the "Sled of Shred" show.....

gary20hoeysm.jpg

Check out this video of Gary playing “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” on a Boston news station on Wednesday of last week:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Ins...mp;pageId=5.2.1

Another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElLtgZXX30...feature=related

Anyway, thought I'd share if you've never heard of him and you're ready to update your Christmas CD collection………Christmas music was never the same around my house after I picked up my first "Ho Ho Hoey" CD almost 10 years ago......my kids have grown up listening to his rockin' covers of traditional Christmas tunes in addition to the standard versions.....

You can pick up his "Best of" Ho Ho Hoey CD from his website: http://garyhoey.com/discography/ho-ho-hoey...ete-collection/

Happy Holidays & Rock On!

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Never heard of him, so I looked up some youtube video...awesome!

Gary Rocks…….the kids and I have been listening to his XMAS CD’s for YEARS…………but I never saw him live until last year……go snag a ticket and meet me at the Belly Up on Wed the 16th (I already have my tix).

What does Rockin’ Xmas music sound like?.......Click on these links for a sample:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElLtgZXX30...feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am4deQh8gXo

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Tried to make it last year but it didn't work out. Will give it another shot this year.

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I checked with the girl and she wants to go, so we'll be there along with my roommates and a few other people. :)

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Awesome! I Just cranked that up in my office and every came around and started dancin around!!!

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Awesome! I Just cranked that up in my office and every came around and started dancin around!!!

Concert is one week from yesterday (Wed 16th).......Belly up isn't that big of a place and tickets for this show are cheap.....so anyone thinking about going might want to snag tix in advance before it sells out (I did)

Another video/Xmas tune for you to crank up in your office:

Gary's website (if you want to order a CD): http://garyhoey.com/

Belly-up Ticket Office: http://www.bellyup.com/show/detail/22875

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Show is tonight......doors open at 7pm......me, Strega and Stomp944 are "in"........

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I'm giving a final exam tonight. :good:

Just pass everyone and stop being such a hard ass B):o:)

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I checked with the girl and she wants to go, so we'll be there along with my roommates and a few other people. :unsure:

Did you go? Awesome show......he's on KGB radio - NOW

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Yep we were there. It was an amazing show and the opening band was rocking too. We ended up in standing room only, but had a few big groups mingling around. We hung around after and now have an autographed Gary Hoey CD to play for Xmas.

Thanks for putting Hoey on my radar!

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Yep we were there. It was an amazing show and the opening band was rocking too. We ended up in standing room only, but had a few big groups mingling around. We hung around after and now have an autographed Gary Hoey CD to play for Xmas.

Thanks for putting Hoey on my radar!

He'll be playing tunes on 105.3 a few minutes from .......NOW

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December 18th this year.......House of Blues.....

I go see the show every year.......always a great show regardless of venue........my kids grew up listening to his Christmas CDs.......hope to take all three daughters with me this year.....Ho Ho Hoey!

http://www.houseofblues.com/tickets/eventdetail.php?eventid=64405

What's rockin Xmas music sound like?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am4deQh8gXo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElLtgZXX30

You can bet there will be some smokin' blues in the mix too!:

And who doesn't enjoy a little "Lowrider"

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Sweet.

Yup, I'm in again this year. Can't wait. Expect to have SO and friend in tow as well...

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