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Hallelujah! There's no swearing in this one! 

Join us in welcoming J-Dawg and first time contributor The Brodster for our first ever GXO Non-Denominational Christmas Xtravaganza!

This week we introduce you to A True Unicorn: The Boy In A Non-Secular Music Bubble! Brodie "The Brodster" Broadcaster had to up and leave home at the age of 20 just to hear his first Rock N Roll... sorta

How is this possible?

Did he not know about The Beatles until the 1990s?

Elvis?

The Stones?

The Ramones?

Listen as we turn the pages of The Book Of Brodie where he regales us with tales of Chuck Smith in the California sun of Calvary Chapel 1960s Jesus freak style.

Also on today's show:

Proto Hippie Jesus Freak Larry Norman

The funky jazz R&B 70's rock stylings of Riverside, California's Sweet Comfort Band

Bryan Duncan and his transformational 90's Christmas album

Bruce Cockburn

Grateful Dead inspired 90s jam band leader Dave Matthews and his epic ballad of the first century Roman Solstice...sorta

Also making an appearance is none other than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the post popular and beloved American poet of the 19th century!

Don't forget, we got the J-Dawg in the house!

The GXO! - Generation X Offender 

And the baby Jesus too

All this, the American Civil War and MORE!

on the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond

Merry Christmas

Happy Hanukkah

Merry Chrismukkah

Happy Kwanzaa

Happy Festivus

and Happy Nondenominational Seasonal Tree!

WE LOVE YOU. EVERY ONE.

THE MUSIC:

Righteous Rocker #1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/righteous-rocker-1/280300208?i=280300527 by Larry Norman from his 1972 album Only Visiting This Planet. In 2013 the album was inducted into the Library Of Congress National Recording Registry to be preserved on its cultural, artistic and historic merit for representing the richness and diversity of the American soundscape

Jesus Freak https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-freak-remastered/1440837022?i=1440837026 by rap/rock trio DC Talk from their 1995 album of the same name. The Grammy Award wining album entered the US Top 20 peaking at #16 and spawned 6 singles that reached number one across various radio formats

Christmas Song https://music.apple.com/ca/album/christmas-song/1587227684?i=1587227685 

Fan favorite and often recorded Christmas Song was first released as part of the Remember Two Things album by the Dave Mathews Band. This 1993 live album was the first full length record ever released by the band. The studio recording of Christmas Song heard in this week's podcast is from the 2000 CD single of the same name

Cry Of A Tiny Babe https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cry-of-a-tiny-babe/1799194750?i=1799195975 by Bruce Cockburn is from his 17th studio album released in 1991. Produced by legendary American music producer T Bone Walker, the album and Cry Of A Tiny Babe in particular, features the one-of-a-kind keyboard stylings of Booker T. Jones of Booker T & The MGs fame whose classic hit Green Onions from 1962 on Stax Records was written and released while Jones was still a teenager attending High School!

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/1165947874?i=1165947876 by Bryan Duncan from his 1995 album Christmas