Johnny Gondesen got to play a live version of "Christmas Is Here" on a radio station in Houston on Dec. 4 Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Bailey Payne Great Grandpa is a band full of surprises. They’re an indie rock group from ...

This little Christmas ditty might not sound familiar yet, but 83-year-old Johnny Gondesen sure hopes it will soon. The former country band frontman wrote the song “Christmas Is Here” for his children ...

A new album by the band Great Grandpa is called "Patience, Moonbeam" and it's required a lot of patience. It's been six years since their last album. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TOP GUN") GREAT GRANDPA: ...

Great Grandpa are back with their first new new song since 2019’s Four of Arrows, and it’s no exaggeration to call this an epic return. Over the course of five minutes and 20 seconds, the song moves ...

Since their beloved 2019 album Four of Arrows, fans have been clamoring for new music from the Great Grandpa. After five years, the Seattle five-piece have announced their return to music—and to one ...

He Said was lucky to have spent twenty-five years on Earth with his Grandpa Hlavaty, who passed away in the summer of 2008 of a brain hemorrhage. The man was arguably one of the biggest musical ...

It’s hard to believe Great Grandpa’s newest album is by, well, Great Grandpa. It’s a drastic musical shift, the kind that has you questioning if you accidentally put on a different band’s record or ...

Christmas came early for one Texas great-grandfather, whose wish was to hear the holiday song he wrote in the 1960s finally make its debut on the radio. Back in 1965, Johnny Gondesen wrote the catchy ...