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Portland Guitarist Slides into the Holidays with Slide Into Christmas

Portland, OR – White Christmas, Silent Night, and Joy to the World are all songs we’ve heard thousands of times over the years, but Joshua Slamp, a versatile Portland guitarist, has given the Christmas standards a Delta blues slide guitar treatment.

“I think it is important for musicians to not only create original work but provide new insight on standards. I thought it would be a fun and refreshing take on songs we all hold dear to our hearts. My album takes those songs and gives them a Delta blues twist,” said Joshua Slamp.

Along with the songs previously mentioned, Slamp covers Angels We Have Heard on High, the First Noel, and a medley of Deck the Halls and Hark the Herald Angels Sing entitled Deck the Herald.

He said, “Slide Into Christmas is very close to my heart. I hope listeners enjoy the CD in the spirit in which it was created. "