Hot Country Knights Share 'Mrs. Claus' To Preview 'O Holy Night' EP
(The GreenRoom) For Hot Country Knights, a band with a long and hard-earned reputation of still "riding a neon wave of Nineties country nostalgia" (Rolling Stone), O HOLY KNIGHT out Nov. 20, is a festive inevitability. After all, no genre knows love, regret and poor decisions quite like country music. It's the kind of storytelling that has fueled honky-tonks for generations.
Doug Douglason and the boys unwrap the season's more questionable traditions, trading mistletoe kisses, yuletide indiscretions and post-Christmas confusion on their four-song holiday soundtrack for anything but a silent night.
Available now, the collection's tender lead track "Mrs. Claus" is equal parts classic cheating song and North Pole scandal, following Douglason's reunion with an old flame while her husband is away making his annual deliveries. Douglason knows the affair is wrong, but some temptations are worth checking twice. Fans can listen HERE and watch the holiday track's music video HERE for a timely reminder that the season is all about giving, and getting some in return.
"I have nothing but respect for Mariah Carey, but it's time somebody gave her a little competition," explains Hot Country Knights lead singer Doug Douglason. "I've got the whole package: the pipes, the presence, the staying power and let's just say I've never had any complaints about my Christmas performance. The world is ready for a new holiday tradition, and O HOLY KNIGHT is here to make spirits rise and stockings come down for many years to come."
While circumstances surrounding superstar Dierks Bentley's return as producer remain a mystery, long-time collaborator Jim Beavers also returns as co-producer on the project. It opens with "Call Me Santa," featuring Deez Chest-Nutz (with harmonies so smooth, Bentley claims Boyz II Men called asking for pointers), a not-so-subtle proposition is made to put the romance back in Christmas. Hoping to take some stress out of the season, Douglason promises to make Christmas wishes come true with a few caveats, including a cold beer and the possibility of the boys showing up once the game comes on.
On "Mr. Mistletoe," Hot Country Knights take a more entrepreneurial approach to holiday romance, turning a sprig of seasonal greenery into a personal calling card at the honky-tonk. Sporting mistletoe on his cowboy hat and keeping an eye on the jukebox, Douglason is ready to offer any country girl a Christmas kiss. It's a bold business model, though one that could leave a few jealous cowboys feeling less than merry. After all, when you're handing out kisses like candy canes, somebody's bound to want a word with the man in the hat.
Closing out the festivities, "Happy Holitaint" takes on that notorious stretch between Christmas and New Year's Eve when the bottles are empty, the stockings are un-hung and nobody quite knows what day it is. With the family finally gone and the holiday obligations behind, Marty Ray "Rayro" Roburn sings about the perfect occasion for a little alone time. It may not be Christmas, and it may not be New Year's, but that doesn't mean the in-between can't be worth celebrating.
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