Blue Yule Christmas Blues And RandB Classics Music Cd

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Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics      Artist : Various Artists      List Price : $17.98 USD        Your Price : $14.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1991-09-10      Studio : Rhino / Wea      Label : Rhino / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (9 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Blue Yule Christmas Blues And RandB Classics      This one will make the Grinch on your Christmas list smile      Rating:      Score one more for Rhino. This label really does know how to find obscure cuts and bring them into standout various artist collections. The only gripe I could have is this disk sounds a bit monaural in a mix, but I'll still use it--it's fun to mix up a little blues with the typical sugary Christmas sentiment. What can I say about this collection that has not been said? Just add Lightning Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat and the rest of the crew in and you've got a mix that'll make your season funky.     Customer Reviews for Blue Yule Christmas Blues And RandB Classics Cd      a great break from Christmas schmaltz      Rating:      if, like me, you make bizarre anthologies of Christmas music, this is a great addition to your library. Raucous and gutsy, a lot of these songs will shake up your celebration and possibly offend the people you want to bother. Some of them belong right alongside my long-time favorite, "Marry Christmas from the Family" by Robert Earl Keen, which is available on Tinsel Tunes, another excellent collection on Sugar Hill (which means it's mostly bluegrass/acoustic). Editorial Reviews for Blue Yule Christmas Blues And RandB Classics Audio Cd      Amazon.com      Blue Yule is without question one of the hippest collections of rhythm & blues Christmas music ever assembled. The disc boasts the likes of Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker, the gospel-powered Pilgrim Travelers, and Johnny and Edgar Winter, as well as the likes of Detroit Junior ("Christmas Day") and Canned Heat ("Christmas Blues"). Lengthy even by contemporary CD standards, this 18-tracker also includes Charles Brown, Big Jack Johnson, Roy Milton, and the inscrutable Lightnin' Hopkins wishing you both "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year." But perhaps the set's greatest gift is also it's strangest--Sonny Boy Williamson's "Santa Claus," a rousing midtempo blues-rocker with a biting harp break and weird, funky lyrics about Sonny Boy going through his wife's drawers. --Martin Keller