David Lee Roth Updates His Own Christmas Song For The Holidays
David Lee Roth has shared a new version of his holiday song, “Talking Christmas Blues”. The track features David Lee Roth talking over an acoustic guitar and musical harp. Just in time for the holiday DLR shares an updated, laidback version like his one solo single, “Sensible Shoes.” Out on his, Little ain’t Enough album in 1991.
The Talks about a dream where Santa crashes a party
Wait Just A Minute Isn’t David Lee Roth Jewish?
DLR raised in the Jewish religion. reportedly first learned to sing while preparing for his bar mitzvah. He grew up in Indiana and later in southern California, where he performed with other bands before joining Van Halen in 1974. In the band, Van Halen decided to keep his last name, Roth. A party ensues and Oprah and Elvis make an appearance. Vampires are right next door and a Jewish menorah.
Here’s The Original Christmas Version
The original version of the song dates back to 2014 from “Diamond Dave’s Tiki Bunker,” he uploaded a new video to ‘The Roth Show’s’ YouTube Channel. The Song is pretty short but then again most Christmas songs are that are classics. Check out the original version.
The Current Drama Settled
Recently Sammy Hagar announced he was heading out on the road to pay tribute to his time in Van Halen. ” The Best of All Worlds Tour.” making a stop at Pine Knob with WCSX August 2nd 2024. Sammy did some press for the tour and made mention that DLR was invited. DLR accepted the offer and said , “Let’s Do It.” To Sammy’s surprise said his words were takin out of context as in not the whole tour. Read the full story here
Has David Lee Roth Retired?
October 2021, Roth announced his retirement from performing following a final residency in Las Vegas from December – January 2022. Following the cancellation of all shows, Roth last performance was in Texas with KISS being his last performance. David Lee Roth has released some new versions of Van Halen covers and plans to release a forthcoming book in 2024.