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Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album

Various Artists

Initial release : 1995

Rounder 3118

This compilation includes one track from a David Grisman release and a second track on which he plays.

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Tracks / Musicians

The tracks and performers on this compilation are;

  • 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 Johnson
  • Rock & Roll Christmas - George Thorogood
  • Must Be Santa (Polka) - Brave Combo
  • I Don't Want You Just for Christmas - Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
  • Silent Night - Mary Wells
  • Long, Long Ago - Barry & Holly Tashian
  • Oh Holy Night - Irma Thomas
  • Christmas in the Trenches - John McCutcheon
  • Good King Wenceslas - Mary McCaslin
  • A Shut-In at Christmas/Shut-In's Prayer - Louvin Brothers
  • The Friendly Beasts - Johnson Mountain Boys
  • The Holly and the Ivy/The Cherry Tree Carol - John Fahey and Terry Robb
  • Precious Child - Tony Trischka
  • Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Joseph Spence
  • Auld Lang Syne - Bill Keith
The musicians on each of the tracks are as follows.

What Child Is This;

  • David Grisman - mandolin
  • Lyn Elder - bass recorder
  • Joanna Bramel Young - alto recorder
  • Tony Burille - tenor recorder
Christmas at the Triple X Ranch;
  • Ranger Doug - guitar, vocals
  • Too Slim - bass, vocals
  • Woody Paul - fiddle, vocals
  • Kayton Roberts - steel guitar
  • Kenny Malone - percussion
Christmas Wish;
  • Joey Spampinato - bass
  • Terry Adams - keyboards
  • Tom Ardolino - drums
  • Al Anderson - guitar
Blue Holiday;
  • Charles Brown - piano, vocals
  • Clifford Solomon - tenor saxophone
  • Danny Caron - guitar
  • Ruth Davies - acoustic bass
  • Gaylord Birch - drums
Merry Christmas Baby;
  • Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson - guitar, vocals
  • "Sax" Gordon (Beadle) - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophones
  • Joe Krown - piano, organ
  • Buster Paterson - fender bass
  • Glenn Rogers - drums
  • Spider Webb - drums
Rock & Roll Christmas - No musician information.

Must Be Santa;

  • Carl Finch - guitar, keyboards, accordion, vocals
  • Bubba Hernandez - bass, vocals
  • Jeffrey Barnes - saxophones, clarinet, guitar, organ, vocals
  • Mitch Marine - drums, percussion, vocals
I Don't Want You Just For Christmas;
  • Nathan Williams - accordion, vocals
  • Dennis Paul Williams - guitar
  • James Benoit - guitar
  • Mark Williams - rubboard
  • Bobby Matthews - bass
  • Johnny Batiste - drums
Silent Night;
  • Mary Wells - vocals
  • Nick Stevens - bass
  • Sonny Holly - guitar
  • Ted Wender - keyboards
  • Jeremy "Sox" Harris - drums
  • Neil Rosengarden - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jim Clause - saxophone
  • Jim Kurzmack - percussion
  • Gillian Malken - percussion
Long, Long Ago;
  • Barry Tashian - vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Holly Tashian - harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Debbie Nims - harmony vocals
  • Kieran Kane - bouzouki
  • Al Perkins - dobro
  • Mark Winchester - upright bass
  • Larry Atamanuik - percussion
Oh Holy Night;
  • Irma Thomas - vocals
  • Sammy Berfect - piano
  • Dwight Franklin - Hammond B-3 organ
  • Lawrence Baulden - bass
  • Herman V. Ernest III - drums
Christmas In The Trenches;
  • John McCutcheon - guitar, vocals
  • Ralph Gordon - bass
  • Lorraine Duisit - mandolin
  • Freyda Epstein - violin
  • Howard Levy - harmonica
Good King Wenceslas;
  • Mary McCaslin - guitar, vocals
A Shut-In at Christmas/Shut-In's Prayer;
  • Charlie Louvin - guitar, vocals
  • Ira Louvin - mandolin, vocals
The Friendly Beasts;
  • Dudley Connell - tenor vocals, guitar
  • David Wallace McLaughlin - lead vocals, mandolin
  • Eddie Stubbs - fiddle
  • Warren Blair - fiddle
  • Tom Adams - banjo
  • Earl Yager - bass
The Holly & the Ivy/The Cherry Tree Carol;
  • John Fahey - guitar
  • Terry Robb - guitar
Precious Child;
  • Dudley Connell - lead vocal, guitar
  • James King - lead vocals
  • David McLaughlin - mandolin, background vocals
  • Marshall Wilborn - bass, background vocals
  • Tony - Stelling Sunflower banjo
Santa Claus is Coming to Town;
  • Joseph Spence - guitar, vocal
Auld Lang Syne;
  • Bill Keith - banjo
  • Jim Rooney - vocals, rhythm guitar
  • David Grisman - mandolin
  • Tony Rice - guitar
  • Tom Gray - bass
  • Vassar Clements - fiddle
  • Kenny Kosek - fiddle
Credits

For the compilation;

  • Compilation coordination - Steve Netsky, Louisa Hufstader
  • Compilation sequencing - Louisa Hufstader
  • Special thanks to the Three Wise Men: James Isaacs, Glenn Jones, and Douglas Green
  • Digitally compiled by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works, Cambridge, Mass.
Related releases

What Child Is This? Was originally released on;

Auld Lang Syne was originally released on;

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