Chris Isaac talks to us about his latest holiday album, Everybody Knows It's Christmas.
, his Yuletide set from 2004 that featured signature classics like “Blue Christmas,” “Let it Snow,” and even his Orbison-smooth take on Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper.” But this year, coming out of the pandemic, the Stockton-bred, Nashville-based crooner found he had more cheer to spare—an entire album’s worth, in fact, the recently-released Sun session.
To tout the record, Isaak, 66, phoned in this week from a New Orleans stop on his current Christmas tour, and his trademark ribald wit, offbeat observations and deadpan-droll delivery was enough to lighten the most oppressive mood with optimism. He was making it back to his old hometown of Stockton either by Christmas or immediately afterward, he said, and was looking forward to reconnecting with family. “I’vesee my brother,” he said, wistfully.
“You know, we don’t get to get out and see people, because it’s still there,” Isaak explained of the coronavirus specter that’s still hovering over the entertainment industry. “So after the show, I can wave to people by the bus, but I’m not supposed to sign things, because people still don’t wanna get sick.”
So it’s possible to still have yourself a merry little Christmas, when tempered with an unflappable sense of humor like Isaak’s, which he’s had from his rockabilly-puredebut back in 1985, through two hilarious TV series and a cavalcade of coveted roles for film-director fans like David Lynch and Jonathan Demme. This perpetually pompadoured, smooth-talking singer can just step to the mic, sing one haunting verse—either original or Santa Claus standard— and somehow make everything feel alright.
Isaak: That’s great! Here’s some trivia for ya—the guy that played the bad guy, Dr. Miguelito Loveless….: Michael Dunn who actually had a 1960s folk duo in Greenwich Village, where the show’s creator Michael Garrison discovered him.: That’s right! That’s it—you’re in on it! I remember as I watched the show and I thought, “”Gosh, he sings pretty good!” And he had some girl on there always singing with him.
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