Great Music Monday-There's A New Kid In Town

This week's Great Music Monday for Christmas is an amazing piece written by the late Keith Whitley.

"There's A New Kid In Town" is a song about the wise men who came from the East in search of the new King.

A simple tune that doesn't need lots of music. One guitar and a voice can make this song one of the most beautiful and meaningful you can hear all season.

Unfortunately, I cannot find a video of Whitley performing this song, and I think he performs it the best of any version I have heard.

But I did find a few videos that do the song justice. The first is the recorded version of Billy Gilman.



Second, is the only known recording (according to the description on YouTube) of the Oak Ridge Boys performing the song with the late Steve Sanders performing lead vocals (during the time when William Lee Golden wasn't part of the group).



Finally, is a recording of a duet of Alan Jackson and Keith Whitley performing the song with Jackson on leads. After the Whitley solo version, probably my favorite.





God Jul.