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THE SWEETBACK SISTERS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS SINGALONG

Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project present country, swing, honky-tonk and old-time music sextet The Sweetback Sisters performing their annual Christmas concert.

Each December, Brooklyn's favorite country band tours the east coast and spreads the holiday cheer with The Sweetback Sisters' Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular. This supremely fun and wildly popular show requires audience participation (lyric sheets are provided) and a love for all kinds of holiday music. All the songs are presented with the Sweetback Sisters' signature mix of harmony singing, rollicking telecaster and twin fiddling along with a healthy dose of holiday cheer.

Sweetback Sisters Emily Miller and Zara Bode's family-style harmonies recall the best of country music from the 1950s and 60s, and reflect a deeply felt love for traditional country music styles and a palpable joy in playing and singing together. The band takes its inspiration from the Davis Sisters and Louvin Brothers, as well as the spirited honky tonk energy of Wanda Jackson and Loretta Lynn. The Sweetback Sisters were chosen as one of six finalists to play on "A Prairie Home Companion" as part of the program's 2007 People in Their Twenties talent contest.

The Sweetback Sisters started the Country Christmas Singalong in 2009 at the Jalopy Theater in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The first year brought an intimate gathering of family and friends close to the stage with lyric sheets so that all could sing along. It has since become a tradition, captured on the album "The Sweetback Sisters' Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular," on which the band turns to the canon of Christmas and holiday songs, arranged in a youthful yet nostalgic way. The CD begins with "Christmas Boogie" by the Davis Sisters. The song is a retelling of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" with a 1950s boogie-woogie twist. The up-tempo holiday favorite "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" opens with a ripping quote from "Bonanza," followed by a blistering vocal duet from the girls leading to a chanted bridge from the boys.

The Sweetback Sisters' Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular is an instant holiday hit, breathing new life into wintery favorites and bringing lesser-known songs into the holiday canon. Every song will help warm your heart and get you in the Christmas spirit for many years to come.

"The Sweetback Sisters are the quintessential 'Prairie Home Companion' band, featuring fun, storytelling songs from the days of radio past." - Charleston Gazette