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Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album
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Track Listing
- What Child Is This? - David Grisman
- Christmas at the Triple X Ranch - Riders in the Sky
- Christmas Wish - NRBQ
- Blue Holiday - Charles Brown
- Merry Christmas, Baby - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
- Rock & Roll Christmas - George Thorogood
- Must Be Santa (Polka) - Brave Combo
- I Don't Want You Just for Christmas [#]
- Silent Night - Mary Wells
- Long, Long Ago [#] - Barry Tashian
- O Holy Night - Irma Thomas
- Christmas in the Trenches - John McCutcheon
- Good King Wenceslas [#] - Mary McCaslin
- Shut-In at Christmas/Shut-In's Prayer - The Louvin Brothers
- Friendly Beasts [#] - The Johnson Mountain Boys
- Holly and the Ivy/The Cherry Tree Carol - John Fahey, Terry Robb
- Precious Child - Tony Trischka
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Joseph Spence
- Auld Lang Syne - Bill Keith
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #53455 in Music
- Released on: 1995-10-03
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .21 pounds
Customer Reviews
Christmas Music in a Variety of Styles
If you like your Christmas music traditional, if you never tire of hearing Bing Crosby crooning "White Christmas" or Nat "King" Cole's rendition of "The Christmas Song" for the zillionth time, then this is an album you definitely want to stay away from. Don't get me wrong, I love the old faithful songs (and I watch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" at least once every year), but if you're in the mood for some non-traditional music for a change, the fine folks at Rounder have the perfect album for you.
Some of the top names in folk and bluegrass music offer gorgeous instrumentals: David Grisman, John Fahey, and Bill Keith. You get the soulful blues of Charles Brown's "Blue Holiday." George Thorogood charges through the rollicking "Rock & Roll Christmas." Riders in the Sky do it the cowboy way on "Christmas at the Triple X Ranch." But my all-time favorite is Brave Combo's "Must Be Santa Polka." The only real mistep is Joseph Spence's Tom Waits-meets-Otis the drunk's vocal on "Santa Claus Is Coming to TOwn."
If you like the idea of Christmas music coming from rock, blues, polka, bluegrass and cowboy music, this album is a pure delight. HIGHLT RECOMMENDED
A Near Perfect Collection
Fun songs. Serious Songs. Songs of the Season. Christmas songs.
I've given this as a gift several times and always received a Ho-Ho-Ho! in return. Give yourself a treat, you've been good...
It must be Santa has a wonderful mix
This cd is one of my favorites! Its hard to put it away after the holidays. Brave Combo is such a fun group and gets us all in the spirit to have fun - so many other artists add a mixture of bluegrass, old-timey, modern and traditional favorites. I love Mary McCaslin and all the others who contribute to this wonderful collection of music.
