#MusicMonday Randy, how did "Takin' Care of Christmas" come about? I got asked to do a song for a Christmas album being done out of Winnipeg for a children's hospital with all the proceeds going to them. I couldn't really do a carol, I tried 'O Holy Night' and it was just too heavy. I mentioned it to my daughter and she said, "why don't you just re-do #TCB and change the lyrics to reflect the cause?" So I did it and sent it to them. That gave me the idea to do a whole rockin' #Christmas Album, w

Jimmy Buffett was one of my biggest influences and I got to work with him many times and discover first hand that he was exactly who we all thought he was. He was a modern day Mark Twain, who turned his many adventures into songs and books and transported us to those exotic places he loved. In 1989, when Jimmy found out I was a “Parrot Head”, he invited me to open for him in Mobile, Alabama at Ladd Stadium. The show was me, Little Feat and Jimmy Buffett. What a gift he gave me. He even asked me