Phil Vassar

A award-winning singer/songwriter who's had great lasting power is Phil Vassar and he's getting ready for the holidays with his next release, a 10-cut Christmas CD, "Noel".

It's finally the time of year for new Holiday songs to start arriving. I've always wondered how artists actually record these songs when its spring or summertime just to have it released right before Thanksgiving. How do they get all that Christmas spirit and party atmosphere put together to make sure the song feels right...

Bob Pickett has a chance to chat with Phil Vassar about among other things, how he learned to play Jingle Bells on the "ole upright" piano. He learned to play on his own and Lionel Ritchie was one of his early favorites. The former football star would listen to the radio and his tapes to pick up a chord here and there...