There perhaps are a few grinches around who don't like Christmas music at any time of the year, but the rest of you should like this Kelly Werts production, Christmas on the Plains . Listening to it in July makes the temperature seem somewhat cooler and the spirit more charitable. Kelly Werts is not the only musician on this cassette. Diana join him in various combinations.
Instrumentation is as varied as the selections.
Penny whistles, guitar, piano, fiddles, harmonicas, bass, reed organ and cello are artfully mixed. Then there are unique Christmas songs rescued from obscurity. When the Hurons, who also call themselves Wyandot, migrated to Kansas and Oklahoma, they brought this song to the plains. Sung by Connie Dover and accompanied by Kelly Werts on the guitar and the bowed piano, this is a striking carol. Some of the songs reflect the strong German heritage of the plains.