Track Listing

1. Have You Heard the News? - Koko Taylor
2. Christmas Train - Carey Bell
3. Christmas Snow - Michael Burks
4. Christmas Time - Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
5. Stay a Little Longer, Santa - Shemekia Copeland
6. Back Door Santa - The Holmes Brothers
7. Christmas Party - W.C. Clark
8. Zydeco Christmas - C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
9. Christmas Day Blues - John Cephas, Phil Wiggins
10. Christmas Fais Do Do - Marcia Ball
11. Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?
12. Really Been Good This Year - Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women,
13. All I Want for Christmas (Is to Be With You) - Lonnie Brooks
14. Bluesman's Christmas - Coco Montoya
15. It's Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend) - Little Charlie & the Nightcats
16. Fattening Up the Turkey - Dave Hole

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6676 in Music
• Released on: 2003-09-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

the blues and nothing but the blues!
If you like the blues, look at this lineup of artists. There are no bad songs on this 59 minute CD. "Genuine Houserockin' Christmas" is one of the best CD's I've heard for a long time. It's worth more than 5 stars, that's for sure. I know I'll play this one year around. Koko Taylor is awesome. For Zydeco fans, there is even "Zydeco Christmas". Lonnie Brooks is fantastic. I think my favorite is "A Bluesman's Christmas", a song about a bluesman who is on the road and can't be home. I would say a couple songs are not what you'd play for your fiance's parents when they came to visit. Great party music.

Did you ever had the experience of buying a CD by your favorite artist and find out that they've switched their style to a traditional Christmas style? These artists are playing the kind of music they play best... THE BLUES!

A wonderful alternative to the same old Christmas classics
When you have had your fill of the local radio station fare, and when you grow tired of the Time Life classic collection, pull out the Genuine House-rockin' Christmas disc for an evening of blues-inspired holiday fun! This is not the first collection you will want to pull out to get you in the Christmas mood as the jingle bells of tradition are replaced with the accordion and fiddle of a hopping Zydeco party, but it sure is a great change of pace during the holidays that gets better with repeated play. While I still enjoy the classics that I grew up with (including Ray Conniff and Mitch Miller...), this is one of the discs I pull out when I want to take a break from the cocoa in front of the fire and want to put my dancing shoes on. It is great for Christmas parties, and many friends have heard it and gone on to get it for themselves. So if you are wondering if it is your cup of tea, take a listen to the sample tracks here, and if you like what you hear don't hesitate to add it to your collection.

great xmas music
not being a fan of traditional xmas music, i really enjoyed this one. i brought it to work, and many of my coworkers felt the same