MOST PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO MELT
CHOCOLATE I'M JUST SAYING.
SINCE IT'S EARLY IN THE
HOLIDAY SEASON A LOT OF PEOPLE
CRANKING UP THE TUNES.
AND SO DO WE.
FOR MORE THAN
15 YEARS THE GROUP SIMPLE GIFTS,
THEY'RE WITH US RIGHT NOW AND
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE US TO
BREAK.
SIMPLE GIFTS.
♪.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN
HERE ON MID MORNING WE'VE BEEN
CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS AND
SIMPLE GIFTS WITH US THIS
MORNING.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR 14 YEARS.
YEAH, THIS IS OUR 14TH
SEASON.
FANTASTIC.
DO WE SAY YOU
LEAD THE GROUP?
I NEED TODAY
LOOK TO THE REST OF THE GROUP TO
SEE.
I'M THE ONE WHO HAS TO TALK
BETWEEN THE SONGS.
WE'RE
EXCITING TO BE COMING BACK.
THE
HISTORIC PARKWAY AT 48 AND
CHICAGO OUR FRIENDS JOE AND
LAURA DOWN THERE BRINGING LIVE
MUSIC BACK TO THAT PART OF TOWN.
THAT'S MY CHILDHOOD -- HIGH
SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD BASICALLY.
SO RIGHT NEXT TO POPETO'S.
WE HEARD YOU AT THE LAST
BREAK, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, HOW
DID YOU COME TO THAT?
WE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE
OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE OUT THERE
DOING THE REAL HIP NEW MODERN
COMMERCIAL THING AND NOBODY WAS
REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
CLASSICS AND TRADITION SOUND,
AND SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE CELTIC
FLAVOR OF COURSE, AND WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT THE LITTLE NICHE
THAT WE HAVE THEN THE MUSICAL
OFFERINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS PEOPLE
CAN GO SEE DURING THE WHO HAD
DAYS AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE
GIVING AN OPTION THAT IS
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT EVERYBODY
ELSE IS DOING.
SOMETIMES YOU WANT THE
KUNSELMAN TEMPORARY.
SOMETIMES
YOU DO WANT TO CONNECT WITH WHAT
THE HOLIDAYS AND CHRISTMAS IS
ALL.
WE HAVE OF A MODERN AND OLD
WORLD SOUND.
AND HOW DID YOU ALL MEET?
BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL IN THE
GROUP.
HAVE YOU ALL BEEN
TOGETHER FOR 14 YEARS?
NO, NO, IT'S CHANGED.
BILL
AND I HAVE BEEN IN FOR 14 YEARS,
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE
THIS KIND OF MUSIC, AND THAT'S
REALLY -- IT'S THE MUSIC THAT'S
BROUGHT US TOGETHER.
DO YOU EVER LET HIM PLAY OR
HE JUST SITS BACK THERE FOR EYE
CANDY.
A STUNT DRUMMER.
YEAH.
DRUMMERS ALWAYS A
LITTLE BIT OFF, DON'T YOU THINK?
. IT'S TRUE.
HE'S ONE OF THE HAPPIEST ONES
YOU'LL EVER SEE.
FANTASTIC.
SIMPLE GIFTS THEY
ARE PERFORMING AT THE PARKWAY
THEATER IN MINNEAPOLIS ON
DECEMBER 11TH AND 12TH.
HERE'S
ALL THE INFORMATION.
THEY ALSO
HAVE SEVERAL SMALLER
PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE TWIN
CITIES.
THE MUSIC WE'RE LISTENING TO
THIS MID MORNING SIMPLE GIFTS
WITH US TO PERFORM ONE MORE
SONG.
TAKE IT AWAY, GUYS.
♪.
I SAW THREE SHIPS COME
SAILING IN ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN
THE MORNING.
WHAT WAS
IN THOSE SHIPS ON CHRISTMAS DAY,
ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
AND WHAT WAS
IN THOSE SHIPS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
IN THE MORNING.