Country Music’s Yuletide Cherry Popper: Tyler Childers’ First Christmas Song

– Tyler Childers, beloved bluegrass maestro, took a leap of faith and penned his first ever Christmas song.
– The song is titled “Luke 2:8-10,” reflecting the biblical passage that it’s based on.
– Childers performed this song at the Grand Ole Opry, much to the delight of the audience.
– With a fiddle and hisRaw Kentucky voice, Childers spun a divine tale of the Christmas story, showing a new side to his songwriting.
– He gracefully brought old-time Gospel influences and traditional bluegrass stylings to the classic Christmas genre, merging them into a soulful symphony.

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Crowning the Country King of Christmas

Well, color me jolly and call me Mrs. Claus! Tyler Childers, that raw honey-voiced Kentucky boy, done gone and trudged into the Christmas genre. Now I ain’t one to throw the term ‘Christmas miracle’ around willy-nilly, but child, this here might just be it.

Leaping from his comfort zone of sumptuous bluegrass into the jingle-jangle world of Christmas ditties, Childers done shook the Grand Ole Opry stage, and he did it with grace and style. That fiddle twang and his angelic singing were clear as a Christmas bell – a Kentucky carol in the making.

This ain’t your grandma’s Christmas carol, no siree. This is a raw and honest rendition of the most famous birth in history, and it’s wrapped up in a good ol’ bluegrass bow. The boy has taken on the Yuletide genre like a cowboy on a bull – looking mightily unsure at first but ending in triumph in the Opry ring.

But I gotta tell ya, between you and me and the fruitcake, I reckon Tyler Childers might just find himself crowned as the unexpected Country King of Christmas. Now, wouldn’t that be a holly jolly thing? Bless his heart!



Original article: https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2023/12/07/my-first-attempt-at-a-christmas-song-watch-tyler-childers-performance-of-luke-28-10-at-the-grand-ole-opry/