The other morning my roommate Jason was listening to “Jingle Bell Rock.” I have nothing against the song, but as it’s pre-Thanksgiving such things are off limits. I mean, I always thought that was the rule.

Anyway, I got to thinking to the reasons why Jason would commit such a heinous crime and it dawned on me…There aren’t any Thanksgiving songs!

Thanksgiving is right smack dab in between the two biggest holiday music holidays: Halloween and Christmas. I think what happen to Jason is that he was going through a holiday novelty song withdrawal, having OD’ed on “Monster Mash” and “Thriller” and now looking for his next fix. Since there are no real Thanksgiving songs to speak of, he was forced to move ahead to his only alternative: Xmas tunes, which as we’ve already discussed is completely unacceptable.

The only logical solution to this is clearly to write some Thanksgiving songs. I feel this is a niche that has been sorely neglected. Where are the Odes to mash potatoes, or ballads of fighting your younger cousin Timmy for the last yam? If we move on this now then by next Thanksgiving every soft rock radio station in the country will be spinning our tunes and we will be raking in the profits.

The only problem of course is that I’m no musician. That is why I need your help, gentle blog reader. I know many of your have a gift for the tuneful, and I’m calling upon all of you to join forces with me to help me create a whole collection of Turkey Day Tunes. What do you say?

Plus, I already have a great name for our band: The Drumsticks.