# Australian Troubadour PAUL KELLY Adds “Maybe This Christmas” To The Digital Release of “CHRISTMAS TRAIN”

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- Published: 2022-11-22T17:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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**PROLIFIC SINGER-SONGWRITERPAUL KELLYPuts Another Gift Under the TreeAdds “Maybe
This is Christmas” to the Digital Edition of His Holiday Collection_Paul Kelly’s
Christmas Train_

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**_PAUL KELLY’S CHRISTMAS TRAIN_**
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**NOVEMBER 22, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) **– Children would argue that receiving _more_
for the holidays is always better. In keeping with that childhood principle, celebrated
Australian musician **Paul Kelly** is gifting fans with a brand-new recording, **“
MAYBE THIS CHRISTMAS**” just in time for seasonal gift giving. “’Maybe This Christmas’
is written by Ron Sexsmith from Canada,” says Kelly about the track that will be
officially available on **December 2, 2022**. “He released it in 2002 and the song
has long been a favourite of mine. I love the lines about forgiveness in the second
verse.” As an added bonus to the digital version only of his recently released _**
PAUL KELLY’S CHRISTMAS TRAIN** _(Cooking Vinyl/Gawd Aggie) which was also released
on vinyl and CD, his new interpretation retains the festiveness that the original
carried and augments it with gorgeous harmonies from Melbourne musician and one 
half of celebrated Australian duo Sweet Jean, **Alice Keath**.“ I thought it would
be good to do as a duet so I asked Alice to join me and the band in Soundpark studios
last month,” he says with a smile. “She always finds interesting harmonies.” The
vinyl and CD versions of _Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train _pairs ten seasonal standards
with an addition dozen tracks for an is an extraordinary 22-song double album that
travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to well-known carols, from a traditional
Irish folk ballad to songs with an unmistakable local flavor, and a sparkling new
version of one of the greatest Australian Christmas songs of them all, Kelly’s own**“
[How to Make Gravy](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=87065877da&e=615f2b8493)”**
on EMI Cooking Vinyl / Gawd Aggie.  

Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (2021 Version)

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**PAUL KELLY **“How to Make Gravy”

“I’ve always been interested in Christmas songs and the variety of them,” Kelly 
says. “There is a double-edged sword to Christmas music because every year, it is
everywhere, pumped to you in supermarkets and malls. There is a lot of schlock attached
but, on the other hand, there are so many great Christmas songs and so much to explore.
I’ve chosen songs I love which led me often to wander off the well-worn path, then
chosen singers I thought best suited to them.”  

The sacred and the secular, the ancient and modern, are all carefully woven into
a collection destined to become a part of Christmases around the globe for many 
years to come. It is delivered by Kelly and his band with a big cast of Christmas
helpers including vocalists **Vika** and **Linda Bull, Marlon Williams, Kasey Chambers**
and **Emma Donovan**, along with contributions from the Kelly clan: nephew and bandmate
Dan, siblings** Mary-Jo **and **Tony,** and Paul’s daughters Maddy and **Memphis**.

Part of the joy in_ Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train_ comes from discovering fresh ways
to treat the best-known songs, from the Hawaiian guitar and ukuleles of “**Silent
Night**,” with a verse in the original German sung by **Alice Keath,** to an astonishing
performance by **Marlon Williams** singing** “Tapu Te Pō”** (O Holy Night) in the
Māori language. The story of Jesus and Mary has strong associations with Judaism
and Islam (the Qu’ran has a chapter devoted to the story); here on _Christmas Train_
singer-songwriter Lior joins Paul, Alice, and Emily Lubitz for an a cappella reading
of the Hebrew prayer of peace,** “Shalom Aleichem,”** and Waleed Aly recites the
vivid poetry of Surah Maryam. Kelly and his band bring a ’60s-fired energy to** “
Christmas,”** an Australian song of longing for home by brothers Chris and Wes Harrington,
and Linda Bull tears up the place on “**Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)**,” a
song originally recorded by Darlene Love on Phil Spector’s _A Christmas Gift for
You_.

“I hadn’t even thought about putting “How To Make Gravy” (his universally-beloved
holiday song)** **on the record but when I talked to friends, they all said, ‘Really?
You’re not? Just do another version.’ Our live version has evolved from the original
recording (initially released in 1994), so we said, ‘Let’s lay it down and see what
we think.’ We have been doing it forever, so it was recorded in one or two takes.
It has been 25 years since the song first came out so that’s another reason to have
it here. Note that Peter Luscombe played on the original, too.”  

How To Make Gravy (Paul Kelly) - 2800 singers!

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2800 singers!⌉
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**PUB CHOIR’s rendition of “How To Make Gravy” feat. 2800 singers**

The BBC describes** Gravy Day,** December 21st, as a date “deemed increasingly worth
celebrating.” “Gravy Day,” “the 21st of December,” and “Paul Kelly” have become 
trending terms on Twitter, with many posts playing off _How to Make Gravy’s_ narrative.
The song’s popularity has inspired media outlets to investigate the protagonist’s
possible back story and the key question in the song: “Who’s gonna make the gravy?”
Several years ago, Kelly began to acknowledge the trend by hosting Gravy Day [concerts](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=78b4ad8812&e=615f2b8493).

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[[**_PAUL KELLY’S CHRISTMAS TRAIN_**
**Tracklisting** 1. Maybe This Chrismas2. Nativity3. Silent Night4. Swing Around the Sun5. Christmas6. Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) 7. Little Drummer Boy8. Arthur McBride9. The Virgin Mary Had One Son10. Tapu Te Pō (O Holy Night)11. Shalom Aleichem12. The Oxen13. The Friendly Beasts14. Three Drovers15. Christmas Must Be Tonight16. Surah Maryam17. Coventry Carol18. In the Hot Sun of a Christmas Day19. [How to Make Gravy](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=b815615609&e=615f2b8493)20. Christmas
Train21. Come Thou Font of Every Blessing22. Intonent Hodie23. What Are You Doing
New Year’s Eve?

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