Music and lyrics by Jeffrey C. Capps. Written in December 2019. Recorded live in the basement on 12/11/21.

Peace, Wonder and Joy

Music and lyrics by Jeffrey C. Capps. Written in December 2017. Recorded live in the basement on 12/11/21.

(Kiss Me On) Christmas Eve

Music and lyrics by Jeffrey C. Capps. Written in Fall 2020. Recorded live in the basement on 12/11/21.

Heart for the Holidays

Words by Christina Rossetti and music by Gustav Holst. Public domain. Recorded live in the basement on 12/11/21.

In the Bleak Midwinter

Music and lyrics by Jeffrey C. Capps. Written in December 2020, re-imagined in Fall 2021. Recorded live in the basement on 12/11/21.

Mary's Starlight Theme

Here comes the survey of the day
When we finally lay
Our heads landing heavy in the bed
There are too many things undone
So the absence of the sun
Cues the loop of worried thoughts
Inside our heads

But you
Kept me goin'
When I was slowin'
Down
You kept me around
When I had come unwound

Is it the heaviness of sleep
The winter dark and deep
That bring me ever closer, love
To you
Imperfect and immense
Devastating, damned and dense
A portrait of a partnership 
In blue

You
Kept me goin'
When I was slowin'
Down
You kept me around
When I had come unwound

Their songs are somehow matched
From the moment that they hatch
And their plans to fly
Seem so fully formed
As we stumble, still we strive
To know we've not arrived
Rest right here, I'm still
Your safe and warm

You
Kept me goin'
When I was slowin'
Down
You kept me around

You
Kept me goin'
When I was slowin'
Down
You kept me around
When I had come unwound

-for Amber Ann Capps, with all-time love, 6.8.22-

When I Came Unwound

"Deck the Halls" is the lead release from The Greatest Band Ever Assembled's "Some Assembly Required: A Christmas Companion." This dusty old Christmas chestnut was lovingly brought back to life by Ted, Fletcher and Archer Horrell. Recorded at home between naps in Germantown, Tenn. Release Date: 11/29/15

"Deck The Halls" - The Greatest Band Ever Assembled (feat. Ted Horrell)

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is the eighth release from The Greatest Band Ever Assembled's "Some Assembly Required: A Christmas Companion." Matt Geerdes, along with his trombone-playing daughter, Lily, conducted and magnetized this mini-symphony at home in Roberts, Ill. Release Date: 12/15/15

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" - The Greatest Band Ever Assembled (feat. Matt Geerdes)

"Silent Night" is the ninth release from The Greatest Band Ever Assembled's "Some Assembly Required: A Christmas Companion." Recorded by Jeff at home in Iowa City, Ia. with angelic voices on refrains graciously provided by Matt (Roberts, Ill.), Rob (Missouri City, Texas) and Ted (Germantown, Tenn.). Release Date: 12/22/15

"Silent Night" - The Greatest Band Ever Assembled (feat. Capps, Geerdes, Horrell and Jeter)

Title and initial inspiration gleaned from the Iowa State Fair once upon a summer. The parallels pretty much stop there.

The Giant Slide

Recorded live at The Mill in Iowa City, Ia. - 9/5/04

Two From Two Plus One

The Central Standards - "Sad Girlfriend"

It's hard to know where to start, as 25+ years of music-making provides all sorts of good (and dubious!) material. Some of the stories have faded from memory; others have become outsized legends that would dwarf the small rooms where the magic happened. But the tape never lies. On the 40th anniversary of Matt's time on Earth, I lovingly offer up this little nugget of nostalgia to my two best friends. All aboard...

"Call Me Blue"

This is the second of five tracks recorded in honor of the 25th anniversary of Uncle Tupelo's "March 16-20, 1992" album. Released on March 17, 2017.

"Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" (trad. inspired by Farrar/Tweedy)

I remember how my Mom and Dad seemed to look forward to drinking a hard-earned glass of wine or two by the fire after all the work of Christmas Eve was done and my sister and I were finally off to sleep. I thought I'd never get that old. Now I'm just glad I made it! This is a tribute to my love, and sweet domesticity...

Jeffrey C. Capps

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