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2011 Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album

I know it seems early, but Christmas will be here before you know it.

Shane had organized the Christmas albums in the past, but in his absence, CB Gitty asked me if I would like to coordinate it for this year.

For any of the new folks here on the Nation, we have compiled a yearly album of songs played, composed, sung, or whatever, by our members. The primary requirement is that the recording be of fairly good quality. For example, If you are singing, we want to be able to hear your voice. You get my drift...

The 2009 Christmas album contained 23 songs, and the 2010 Christmas contained 40 songs. More songs is not necessarily better, but we really don't have a limit on the number of songs we can include.

You can submit a cover of a traditional song, or you can do something you wrote/composed yourself.

Please respond in this thread if you would like to participate, and include the song that you would like to have included in the album. Once we have the final album compiled, it will be posted as a free download, and anyone will be able to download it. So, you will be able to pass the links along to your friends and family.

I will post more information later.

Thanks

Dan

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1. Mike Bingham - Silent Night

2. Henry Lowman - Winter Thoughts (The Advent Song), Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling

3. Keni Lee Burgess - Tres Estudios Para Lejos En Un Pesebre

4. Lou Carreras - Christmas Time Is Here

5. Brickdust & Pyno - Wee Wish Yoo

6. Bemuzic - Christmas Memories

7. Uncle John - Christmas For Cowboys

8. Silent Jim - Gloria in Excelsis Deo

9. AFKAM - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

10. c# merle - Auld Lang Syne

11. Glenn Kaiser - First Noel

12. Voodoo Highway -Holly Jolly Christmas

13. Slowpaw Steve T - For Absent Friends

14. Sugimugi - Winter Flavours

15. Stompbox Johnny - Josiah's Song

16. Chris Tinker - Slow Roast

17.Blind Pomegranate Harrison-Smythe

The Hogfather Brings Great A'Tuin A Present

18. Dan Sleep & John Maw - The Holly and the Ivy

19. Hip Bone Bellaire - Black Betty's Christmas

20. Derick Lee Patterson - TBA

21. Matthew Borczon - Up On The Housetop

22. Jingle Bell Rock - Teddy B

23. The Little Drummer Boy-Hark! The Herald Angels Sing-Joy to the World - NightOwl

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 24, 2011 at 10:57am

The 2009 Song list was:

1. Kirk Withrow – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
2. Knotlenny – Angels We Have Heard on High
3. Shane Speal – Little Drummer Boy / Lullaby
4. Ryjaknic Kayducon – Bells and Seegars
5. Canjo John – Greensleeves
6. The Jerusalem Mules – Go Tell It on the Mountain
7. Skeesix – The Holly Bop
8. All New Genetically Altered Jug Band – Christmas In Jail
9. Denys Lord – Twas the Night Before Christmas (instrumental)
10. Gerry Thompson – Steam Grate Holiday
11. Nicky, MB and Charlie Perry – On Christmas Day
12. Nathan King – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13. Matt Towe – Away In a Manger
14. Wichita Sam – Santa’s Back In Town
15. Ice Bob – I Wrecked My Car At Christmas
16. Amazing Dick (aka Rich Leufstedt) – A Christmas Song
17. Henry Lowman – O Tannenbaum
18. Daddy Stovepipe – Where Would I Go / Do Lord
19. Brendan DeVallance – Best Christmas
20. Bluesboy Jag – Wassail Song
21. “Bemuzik” Belinda Gent – Silent Night
22. John “Reddog” McNair – Biker Santa on Xmas Night
23. Noisemaker – It’s Christmas

The 2010 Song list was:

Santa Man by Ice Bob, Samster and Rosie
Red Snow by Music Gov
Santa’s Got the Blues by the Doomtown Jug Sluggers
Candy Cane by Caspar Babypants
A Christmas Morning by Doctor Steve
Linus and Lucy by The Easy Rollers
Christmas Card by Olds Sleeper
A Christmas CBG by Soulcatcher and his DooFa Diddley
Run Run Rudolph by the Shane Speals
Rydin’ Thru The Snow by StumbleCol
A Santa Request by NoiseMaker
Carol of the Bells by Dan Greene
Foxy Carol by Skeesix
Not so Merry by Anthony Forder
Opting Out by LaurieLeeC
The Reason for the Season by Kalmario
Winter Wonderland by Marshall Stapleton
Blue Christmas by Ben Kepler
CBG by Juan Sebastian Verta
Holly and the Ivy by Knotlenny
O Holy Night by Sweetlife
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers by BenBob
VivaVodka by Burnus
Canjo Christmas by Bemuzic
Lookin’ Out at the Weather by Uncle John Bolton
Santa Claus Blues by The One Man Blues Collective
We Three Kings by Henry H Lowman III
Carol of the Bells by Les Titford
Cigar Box Guitar Star by John Wendell
Merry Christmas by Teddy Berwald
Old Man on the Roof by Music Gov
Santa Has the Blues by Hobostubs
White Christmas by Uncle Crow
O Tannenbaum by Henry H. Lowman III
Stranger in the Manger by Albert Guilliot
Snow Falling!!! by Patrick Breton
Silent Night by Yellowbelly Flatt
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Doctor Steve and Family
Every Song at Christmas by beStillroy
Santa The Ripper by John “Reddog” McNair

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 24, 2011 at 10:58am

I will have download links for the 2009 and 2010 albums soon.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bingham on October 24, 2011 at 11:06am

Hey Dan,

I'd like a run at an instrumental version of Silent Night on a homemade lap steel. When is the submission deadline?

Thanks!

Mike B.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 24, 2011 at 11:11am

Hi Mike, I don't have a deadline yet, but I was leaning towards the first of December so we would have time to get the word out. But, that is not a hard date at this juncture.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bingham on October 24, 2011 at 11:21am

Thank you Sir, and thank you for coordinating this.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 24, 2011 at 12:06pm

For folks that did not get a chance to hear the previous years' albums, here are links to the zip files. The files are kind of large, so they will take a few minutes to download.

Cigar Box Christmas 2009

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Cigar Box Christmas 2010