Lexington, KY, native Elmo Shropshire is better known as Dr. Elmo, the whim… Read Full Bio ↴Lexington, KY, native Elmo Shropshire is better known as Dr. Elmo, the whimsical character who has sold more than eleven million copies of the holiday novelty song 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.'
After earning a veterinary medicine degree at Auburn University, Dr. Elmo was a veterinarian at Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga racetracks in New York. He later moved to San Francisco's Bay Area to open his own animal hospital and while moonlighting playing festivals and clubs in a bluegrass band.
In 1979, he introduced 'Grandma' on a San Francisco radio station. It quickly became a regional hit. Dr. Elmo began playing more holiday gigs around town to support the single. When an activist group, The Gray Panthers, accused him of playing 'ageist music' and showed up to picket one of his shows, the media came out in force, drawing the attention of major labels.
In 1983, MTV began airing the self financed video. A year later Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer album appeared on Epic and a new 'Grandma' single was released, this time with 'Percy, the Puny Poinsettia' as the B-side.
Dr. Elmo released Twisted Tunes in 1991. Numerous holiday albums would follow, with Dr. Elmo releasing his own Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer album in 2002 on SonyBMG. Dr. Elmo added a Halloween hit to his repertoire in 2006 with the title track to his Redneck Dracula album. In 2007 he released Redneck Santa, in 2009 he released Wild Bluegrass with his band Dr. Elmo & Wild Blue. In 2010 Time Life releases Dr. Elmo's Bluegrass Christmas . Most of Dr. Elmo's songs are co-written by Rita Abrams. Pop historians might remember Rita as the Miss Abrams in Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class, the act behind the 1972 hit 'Mill Valley.'
Dr. Elmo currently tours with his bluegrass band, Wild Blue and each holiday season he conducts a media and concert tour in conjunction with the "Grandma" song.
After earning a veterinary medicine degree at Auburn University, Dr. Elmo was a veterinarian at Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga racetracks in New York. He later moved to San Francisco's Bay Area to open his own animal hospital and while moonlighting playing festivals and clubs in a bluegrass band.
In 1979, he introduced 'Grandma' on a San Francisco radio station. It quickly became a regional hit. Dr. Elmo began playing more holiday gigs around town to support the single. When an activist group, The Gray Panthers, accused him of playing 'ageist music' and showed up to picket one of his shows, the media came out in force, drawing the attention of major labels.
In 1983, MTV began airing the self financed video. A year later Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer album appeared on Epic and a new 'Grandma' single was released, this time with 'Percy, the Puny Poinsettia' as the B-side.
Dr. Elmo released Twisted Tunes in 1991. Numerous holiday albums would follow, with Dr. Elmo releasing his own Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer album in 2002 on SonyBMG. Dr. Elmo added a Halloween hit to his repertoire in 2006 with the title track to his Redneck Dracula album. In 2007 he released Redneck Santa, in 2009 he released Wild Bluegrass with his band Dr. Elmo & Wild Blue. In 2010 Time Life releases Dr. Elmo's Bluegrass Christmas . Most of Dr. Elmo's songs are co-written by Rita Abrams. Pop historians might remember Rita as the Miss Abrams in Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class, the act behind the 1972 hit 'Mill Valley.'
Dr. Elmo currently tours with his bluegrass band, Wild Blue and each holiday season he conducts a media and concert tour in conjunction with the "Grandma" song.
Bad Black Cat
Dr. Elmo Lyrics
One day I'll change and I will be pseudo-sane but I'll have a hidden portal in my brain
It'll pull me in with its enigmatic hymn it will make me think of things I can't repeat
Moving my eyes, no ability to blink, yeah they're open when I sleep incessantly
My own mind it does not belong to me, I have no authority so I'll never get it back
Oh no, not me, I've been praying for eternity
I'm not liking my chances
Black cat, in front of me, so I turned and ran the other way
I don't want a bad omen
Stay away I don't ever want to see you I forgot about the things we used to do
In a way it is like you used to say you can't concentrate on anyone but you
Oh no, not me, I've been praying for eternity
I'm not liking my chances
Black cat, in front of me, so I turned and ran the other way
I don't want a bad omen
Omen
It'll pull me in with its enigmatic hymn it will make me think of things I can't repeat
Moving my eyes, no ability to blink, yeah they're open when I sleep incessantly
My own mind it does not belong to me, I have no authority so I'll never get it back
Oh no, not me, I've been praying for eternity
I'm not liking my chances
Black cat, in front of me, so I turned and ran the other way
I don't want a bad omen
Stay away I don't ever want to see you I forgot about the things we used to do
In a way it is like you used to say you can't concentrate on anyone but you
Oh no, not me, I've been praying for eternity
I'm not liking my chances
Black cat, in front of me, so I turned and ran the other way
I don't want a bad omen
Omen
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Written by: Graham Smith
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