Topic: Any good blues xmas CDs?

[weelie]

Are there any great blues xmas CDs?

This is the first I've found, though not sure if it's great (don't have it), but it's still something: http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-Document-Records-Blues-Blues-Christmas-1925-1955-MP3-Download/10892394.html

[Michael Kuehn]

While I wouldn't call it necessarily "great," it is a blues Christmas CD which isn't bad. Includes John Lee Hooker, Louis Jordan, Lightning Hopkins, Charles Brown, among others:  Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics.

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yule-Christmas-Blues-Classics/dp/B0000032HI/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225124936&sr=8-5

[Lignite]

A really great one that not only has lots of pre-war blues but also old-time, calypso, and world music all from the 78 rpm era is Where Will You be Christmas Day? on the Dust To Digital label P.O. Box 54743 Atlanta, Ga. 30308-0743. Artists include; Lead Belly, Rev. J.M. Gates, Bessie Smith, Leroy Carr (Christmas In Jail-Ain't That A Pain), Lightnin' Hopkins as well as Fiddlin' John Carson and Lord Beginner. 24 recordings from 1917-1959. You'll like this one!

[jharris]

I'd like to think it's pretty good although I may be biased since I compiled this and wrote the notes . For whatever reason this seems to be difficult to find on actual CD. There was a companion 2-CD on Document, which I also wrote the notes for, which was slated to come out this year. I'm not sure if this is happening because of Document's financial problems.

-Jeff

Are there any great blues xmas CDs?

This is the first I've found, though not sure if it's great (don't have it), but it's still something: http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-Document-Records-Blues-Blues-Christmas-1925-1955-MP3-Download/10892394.html