Nov. 05--Happy ho-o-o-o-olidays from "Simpsons" voice actor Harry Shearer and "Glee" star Jane Lynch, who premiered a parody of over-the-top Christmas songs this week.
"Too Many Notes" spoofs the vocal stylings of Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera and features Lynch, an Evergreen Park native, Shearer, soul singer Alice Russell, jazz vocalists Ian Shaw and Davell Crawford, and saxophonist Dave Koz.
"You can't do a Christmas record now without basically sounding like you were in hour three of a two-hour vocal exercise," Shearer told Rolling Stone.
"Christmas Without Tears," an EP by Shearer and his wife, singer-songwriter Judith Owen, is due out Nov. 20. The duo are hosting a holiday sing-along at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at SPACE in Evanston.
"There was so much really funny stuff," Shearer said about recording the music. "But everyone was on the money with these ridiculously funny performances."
