Blog: Hyperbolium

Smithereens drummer offers up Christmas classics, Stax style Here's a fun Christmas album from 2002 on which organist/inventor/WFMU DJ Dave Amels and Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken give a Stax-styled instrumental spin to a slate of holiday classics. From the opening of the Beach Boys' "He's the Man with All the Toys," you get plenty of smooth organ, deep bass, twangy guitar, punchy drums and the funky vibe Stax created in their Memphis studio. A few numbers roll in iconic MG riffs, such as the organ and guitar of "Green Onions" behind the Husky Team's [...]