This and every Christmas season the most important person is the
baby Jesus, with a bearded, white-haired toy factory owner coming in a
close second. Every year we flock to the malls to sit in our kids down
on Santa's lap. Sometimes they run off screaming, while others take to
the old guy just like they would an elderly relative.Santa Round-Up #5Sunday December 21, 2008, 1pm Sharpstown Mall "I was involved in a volunteer-only military action in Cambodia back in the sixties" Santa Paul informs me
Rick Shea is one of the most in-demand sidemen in the Los Angeles area. Seven years on the road with Dave Alvin certainly boosted Shea's profile outside the L.A./SoCal scene, but the Alvin gig is only one of many. Shea cut his teeth in the truck stops and roadhouses in his native San Bernardino and has played with Angeleno psychedelic country faves I See Hawks In L.A., eclectic Mexican roots band Tremoloco, honky-tonk angel Heather Myles and about anyone else who needs a guy as handy with a la
