“If We Make It Through December” by Merle Haggard has all the elements of a classic country song: a melancholy story of a father who has been laid off at Christmas lightened by just a bit of hope.
My Favorite Things” is not a Christmas song. Sure, there’s some lines that reference winter and presents but is the criteria for a Christmas song that low? Someone, somewhere, at some point made a ...
Local musician, Todd Haugen calls himself Freight Train, and plays at a variety of events. We met with Haugen to hear his tune, and find out how it all started for him.