Blues Mistletoe & Santa's Little Helper

Various Artists - Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Black Top Records
• ASIN: B0000003PS
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,300 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Santa, Don't Let Me Down - Earl King

2. Grady And Santa Is Coming To Town - Grady Gaines/The Texas Upsetters

3. No More Pretty Presents - Rod Pizza/The Mighty Flyers

4. Good King Wenceslaus - Marc Wilson/Mark 'Kaz' Kazanoff

5. Sam's Christmas Blues - Anson Funderburgh/The Rockets

6. Sleigh Ride - Rick Holmstrom

7. Sandy Claw Stole My Woman - Bobby Parker

8. Christmas By The Bar-B-Que - Lynn August

9. Christmas In Paradise - Mike Morgan/The Crawl

10. Lonesome Christmas - Anson Funderburgh/The Rockets

11. Blue Christmas - Mark 'Kaz' Kananoff/The Well-Hung Ornaments

12. Joe's Christmas Salutations - Big Joe/The Dynaglows

13. Young Girls Drive Me Wild (At Christmas) - Anson Funderburgh/The Rockets

14. Wouldn't It Be A Merry Christmas? - Robert Ward

15. Santa Don't Pass Me By - Bill Kirchen

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Christmas Blues CD available, December 5, 2000

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Tom Elmer "Tom" (Berea, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Mistletoe & Santa's Little Helper (Audio CD)

I have several Christmas Blues CDs and enjoy each one - Roomful,Alligator, Etta James,Blue Yule and others - but when I am in the mood for a knock out blues CD I put this one in the player. A blues fan will recognize the strong line up of Black Top's great stable of bands and they each do a great job of getting in the spirit.If you enjoy great blues music this is a present worth finding under your tree( or better yet playing in the background at your Christmas party).

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Collection Of Christmas Blues, December 16, 2010

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"Colorado" Vail (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Mistletoe & Santa's Little Helper (Audio CD)

A nice CD of Christmas blues, with a saucy model (Sarah Baron) posed to perfection and plenty of sub-genres covered.

Fans of funky stuff will appreciate the instrumental version of "Good King Wencelaus" (with semi-"world beat" backing) and Bobby Parker's "Sandy Claw Stole My Woman." Those who dig Louisiana music will appreciate the songs by Lynn August ("Christmas By The BBQ") and Robert Ward ("Wouldn't It Be A Merry Christmas?"). Jazz buffs will like the sprightly instrumental sax and vibes-driven "Blue Christmas."

Country-western (!!) even gets a nod from Bill Kirchen, most famous for doing "Hot Rod Lincoln" like no one else can. His cut - "Santa! Don't Pass Me By" is a two-step wonder (but neither it nor "Santa Don't Let Me Down" have anything to do with similarly-named Beatle songs).

Fans of classic Christmas blues will appreciate the take on Lonesome Christmas by Anson Funderbirk & The Rockets, featuring the late Sam Myers.

Still, for me, the mid-to-uptempo blues rock songs are the meat of this collection. These include "Grady And Santa [Are] Coming To Town" (Grady Gaines), "No More Pretty Presents" (Rod Piazza), "Sleigh Ride (instr.) (Rick Holmstrom), "Christmas In Paradise" (Mike Morgan & The Crawl), and "Young Girls Drive Me Wild (At Christmastime)" (Funderbirk & Myers). These arrangements, more uptempo, serve to distinguish this release from similar packages by BB King, Etta James, Charles Brown, Chris Cain, and others devoted to the season.

But even fans of those slower approaches will find something to enjoy here. Slow blues tunes include like "Sam's Christmas Blues," "Joe's Christmas Salutations" (done to the "Merry Christmas, Baby" riff), and Earl King's "Santa Don't Let Me Down."