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Watch Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Belt Out "Please Come Home For Christmas" On Conan

Sharon Jones Please Come Home For Christmas Conan

There's perhaps no other band in music more inundated with the holiday spirit than Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and in a joyful performance on Conan, the soul ensemble delivered a brilliant rendition of "Please Come Home For Christmas." Done exclusively for the web, it featured Miss Sharon and her merry men backed up by chimes and plenty of twinkle lights.

Most importantly it just sounds flat-out amazing. Stripped back and slowed down, the deep, pleading hope of "Please Come Home For Christmas" radiates through Sharon, and she most certainly does the original 1969 Charles Brown version justice. It appears on the band's newest LP, It's A Holiday Soul Party! alongside other cuts like "White Christmas" and the Hanukkah cut "8 Days."

Watch the video clip below, and get yourself a copy of It's A Holiday Soul Party, either digitally or on special red-colored wax. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will be on tour here and there throughout the winter; check the full list of their itinerary below.

Sharon Jones 2015/2016 Tour Dates:

Tuesday 08 December 2015 - Lincoln Theatre, Washington, DC, US

Thursday 31 December 2015 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL, US

Friday 19 February 2016 - Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, NY, US

Saturday 20 February 2016 - Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival, Clearwater, FL, US

Saturday 20 February 2016 – Sunday 21 February 2016 - Clearwater Sea Blues Festival 2016

Coachman Park, Clearwater, FL, US