蜜柚直播 country singer released his first-ever Christmas song in November and last week, the video landed on online.
Not only was his his bluesy, soulfully gritty version of 鈥淧lease Come Home For Christmas鈥 his first stab at holiday fare, it was his first-ever music video in the nearly dozen years he鈥檚 been doing country music full time.
Cooper recorded the song and filmed the video in October at Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl鈥檚 Studio 606 in Los Angeles. It鈥檚 the same studio where he recorded his forthcoming CD 鈥淭his Life鈥 鈥 Cooper鈥檚 first studio album in two years 鈥 which is due out in early 2022.
Texas Red Dirt country/alt-rock legend and his guitar-shredding teen son Dierks backed up Cooper, who over the years has been a regular on 蜜柚直播 stages and has opened for some of country鈥檚 biggest names. (He has also played the main stage at in Florence several times in recent years.)
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Also performing on the song is a veritable who鈥檚 who of LA rockers 鈥 engineer John Lousteau on drums/percussion, bass player Carmine Rojas (David Bowie, Julian Lennon, Rod Stewart), keyboardist Martine Guigui (Billy Gibbons, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Peter Frampton), and Laura Mace (Foo Fighters) on backup vocals.
In a written statement, Cooper said having 鈥渢hese incredible players join us went far above any expectations I had.鈥
鈥淔inding a new space in the song between the original version by Charles Brown and the Eagle鈥檚 version, and being able to make it our own was amazing,鈥 he said.
Cooper鈥檚 version of the Christmas classic 鈥淧lease Come Home for Christmas鈥 is featured on and all major streaming outlets.