Hillbilly Holiday

Hillbilly Holiday

ASIN: B0000032C8

Track Listings

1. Christmas Time's A-Coming - Bill Monroe

2. Christmas Carols by the Old Corral - Tex Ritter

3. I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus - Brenda Lee

4. I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas - Ernest Tubb, Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadors

5. Reindeer Boogie - Hank Snow

6. Gonna Wrap My Heart in Ribbons - Hank Thompson

7. Po' Folks Christmas - Bill Anderson

8. Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy - Buck Owens

9. Pretty Paper - Willie Nelson

10. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Louvin Brothers

11. My Mom and Santa Claus - George Jones

12. One of You (In Every Size) - Marty Robbins

13. To Heck With Ole Santa Claus - Loretta Lynn

14. Daddy's Drinking up Our Christmas - Commander Cody

15. I'm Gonna Tell Santa Claus on You - Faron Young

16. They Shined up Rudolph's Nose - Johnny Horton

17. Christmas Boogie - The Davis Sisters

18. Christmas Time's A-Coming - Buck Owens

Tracks:

Christmas Time's A-Coming - Bill Monroe
Christmas Carols by the Old Corral - Tex Ritter
I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus - Brenda Lee
I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas - Ernest Tubb, Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadors
Reindeer Boogie - Hank Snow
Gonna Wrap My Heart in Ribbons - Hank Thompson
Po' Folks Christmas - Bill Anderson
Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy - Buck Owens
Pretty Paper - Willie Nelson
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Louvin Brothers
My Mom and Santa Claus - George Jones
One of You (In Every Size) - Marty Robbins
To Heck With Ole Santa Claus - Loretta Lynn
Daddy's Drinking up Our Christmas - Commander Cody
I'm Gonna Tell Santa Claus on You - Faron Young
They Shined up Rudolph's Nose - Johnny Horton
Christmas Boogie - The Davis Sisters
Christmas Time's A-Coming - Buck Owens

Customer Reviews:

We'll sing Christmas carols as we ride through the snow........2006-12-06

This is a collection of Christmas songs by country singers. The oldest song is from 1945 and the most recent one is from 1972. This is a fantastic collection full of great performances. Every song on this CD is terrific. Some of my personal favorites include "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" by Brenda Lee, "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" by Buck Owens, "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus" by Loretta Lynn and "Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas" by Commander Cody. But, of course, I like all of them. This has been one of my favorite Christmas CDs since 1988 (has it really been 18 years?).

Golden oldies country Christmas treasures.......2003-11-04

Rhino records did a great service to country fans when they released this collection of rare country Christmas songs that had been unobtainable. Since then some tracks, including those by Brenda Lee and Buck Owens, have been released on CD's by the individual artists, but most have not. Now that this collection is out of print, those tracks that have not been re-issued elsewhere are again hard to find.

Brenda Lee's I'm gonna lasso Santa Claus is a socially-aware song about how Santa discriminates against the poor. Two Buck Owens tracks are featured - his classic Santa looked a lot like Daddy and Christmas time's a-coming - this latter being an original song, not to be confused with the Bill Monroe song of the same title that opens this collection. Bill's song has become a standard on bluegrass Christmas albums.

This collection contains many rarities from (mostly) the fifties and sixties by George Jones (My mom and Santa Claus), Tex Ritter (Christmas carols by the old corral), Ernest Tubb (not his classic Blue Christmas, which is easy to find, but I'll be walking the floor this Christmas), Hank Snow (Reindeer boogie, revived by Trisha Yearwood on her excellent Christmas album, Sweetest gift), Faron Young (I'm gonna tell Santa Claus on you), Loretta Lynn (To heck with ole Santa Claus) and Christmas boogie (Davis sisters).

If you are into country music of the fifties and sixties and you enjoy original Christmas music, it doesn't get better than this. Only Pretty paper (Willie Nelson) and It came upon the might clear (Louvin brothers) are versions of songs that are well known - in Willie's case, the original version. I'm thankful that I bought this when it first came out. I wish you the best of luck finding a copy - or persuading Rhino to re-release it.

A CLASSIC.......2000-12-04

This is by far my favorite Christmas CD. Imagine my disappointment to find that it is out of print. (Rhino Records confirmed this). I had about 400 CDs stolen from my home last week, including this one. If anyone knows where I can get this I would be so appreciative.

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Scrappy early album by this lively rockabilly-boogie band

Hillbilly Holiday
Ray Condo
Manufacturer: Fury Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000007Y3O
Release Date: 2003-02-12

Tracks:

She's My Baby
Moanin' the Blues
High Voltage
Sweet Love on My Mind
One Hand Loose
St. James Infirmary
Greenback Dollar
Sunset Blues
Her Love Rubbed Off
It Don't Matter to Me
Crazy Date
How Come It
Whose Baby Are You Baby?/Oh Baby
Push Button Boogie
Worrying Kind
Lonely Wolf
This Is the Night
Wild Guitar
All Night Long
You Shake Me Up

Customer Reviews:

Scrappy early album by this lively rockabilly-boogie band.......2003-12-04

A scrappy, silly, sometimes sinister set of rock-and-billy hybrids from this esteemed Canadian crew. The production, particularly the vocal mix, is sometimes rickety, but the music is vibrant and alive. The use of the violin in a rockabilly/hillbilly boogie context is interesting and unusual; might not make the snobbier, purist elements of the rockabilly scene happy, but it's kinda cool from an alt-country perspective.

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