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PHILADELPHIA (AP) The burly, bearded men belting out holiday cla sics have made the night before Christmas more than just a time this year to watch the Philadelphia Eagles try and slay the competition. Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce and Jordan Mailata -- with a little a sist from some melodic teammates -- have made a season a bit more sweet-sounding with the release of their Christmas album, A .Yes, the album title is an ode to Old Saint Nick, in this case former that helped the Eagles win their only Super Bowl in the 2017 season. The trio of Eagles offensive lineman can sing -- Johnson might not even let Santa Claus Yandy Diaz Jersey down the chimney as he holds the record for -- and an All-Star cast of musicians was a sembled to record the album.Leading the charge was Charlie Hall, drummer for the .If were going to do this, lets make it meaningful. Lets make it awesome, Hall said. Its not a goof.While the tone is light, this is .Oh, football players making a record, its like Super Bowl Shuffle, Hall said with a laugh. But no, this was born out of sincerity and a deep love and appreciation of Matt Andriese Jersey music.The cover art features Johnson, Kelce and Mailata sketched in an homage to the Peanuts characters on the A Charlie Brown Christmas album and the songs are standards found on Christmas playlists.I did not think it was going to get to this level of quality, Kelce said.The guys in green sing White Christmas, , Silent Night and Eagles radio announcer Merrill Reese narrates The Night Before Christmas.On the field, the Eagles play the Dallas Cowboys Dec. 24.Theres a philanthropical slant to the album as well, with proceeds going to the Childrens Crisis Treatment Center in Philadelphia. More than $100,000 has already been raised.Good luck buying the album, though.Well, at least a vinyl copy, as previous pre sings have quickly sold out. The last batch sold out in 120 seconds -- -- and theres one final order available on Friday. A Philly Special Christmas is of course available on streaming services and one song a week has been dropped each Friday leading to the full records release on Dec. 23.The idea for an album was kicked around last year by and former Eagle Connor Barwin used his music connections - War on Drugs have headlined the former defensive ends charity show - to get the ball rolling. Christian Arroyo Jersey The album was recorded over several days at various Philadelphia-area recording studios this past summer.Its , Kelce said, wearing a Christmas sweater, Eagles Santa hat and holding a beer, in a making-of video. . The seven-song LP from Vera Y Records also features musicians from The Hooters, Dr. Dog and 98-year-old saxophone player Marshall Allen of Sun Ra Arkestra.The recording team brought in a vocal coach Eagles as they made the transition from the huddle to the studio.That was the le son in all this, just being game for something, Hall said. Theyre like, yeah, show Sergio Romo Jersey me what to do. Show me how to be better and Ill do it. Just totally coachable.Kelce, who dre sed as Mummer during the Super Bowl parade and s , channeled his inner Bruce Springsteen for the cla sic Santa Claus is Coming to Town.Kelce bursts into laughter when the 25-year-old Mailata hits all the high notes of falsetto on the the doo-wop part popularized by The Drifters.What Jordan did, you could call singing, Kelce said. What Lane did, you could call singing. I dont know if you could call what I did singing. Im very much just a yeller in certain tones.Mailata has the best pipes of the bunch and even competed on the Fox reality show Jordan could straight up quit football and be a singer if he wanted to, Hall said. But theyre all great. Their voices are like a reflection of their personalities. Lane has this incredibly soulful voice. If they were to get out of this line of busine s, Jordan would have no trouble finding a gig singing.Hall already felt the holiday spirit with the War on Drugs set to play three-sold out . The money raised goes toward The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, a nonprofit that raises and coordinates investments into the Philadelphia public schools.War on Drugs had just won a Grammy and were on tour in Australia in February 2018 when the Eagles beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. It was like 10 in the morning and we all crammed into a hotel room and were screaming and throwing chairs out of excitement, Hall said.Now they're building Christmas traditions together.It's sort of a beautiful reminder that we're all just connected through life and music and friendship," Hall Jake Smolinski Jersey said.___AP NFL: hub/nfl and AP_NFL in this topic
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