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2011 Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album Released!

2011 Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album

The 2011 Christmas album is ready for download. We hope you will enjoy the free holiday music our members have created for your enjoyment.

Some are traditional songs, and some are original tunes written by the artists. All are played/performed on hand made instruments.

This is our third year for our Christmas album. This year's song list includes:

Angels We Have Heard On High (Gloria in Excelsis Deo) – Silent Jim
Christmas For Cowboys – Uncle John
Jingle Bell Rock – Teddy B
Christmas Slow Roast – Chris Tinker
A Holly Jolly Christmas – Voodoo Highway
Silent Night – Mike Bingham
Christmas Memories – bemuzic
Winter Thoughts (The Advent Song) – Henry Lowman

In loving memory of my dear mother, Ingrid Schrader Lowman.
Black Bettie's Christmas – Hip Bone Bellaire
Up On The Housetop – Matthew Borczon
Wee Wish Yoo – Brickdust & Pyno
The Little Drummer Boy-Hark! The Herald Angels Sing-Joy to the World – NightOwl
Josiah's Song – Stompbox Johnny
For Absent Friends – Slowpaw Steve T
Kling glöckchen klingelingeling - Henry Lowman

In loving memory of my dear mother, Ingrid Schrader Lowman.
Auld Lang Syne – c# merle
Winter Flavours – Sugimugi
Tres Estudios Para Lejos En Un Pesebre – Keni Lee Burgess
The Holly & The Ivy – John Maw & Dan Sleep

Click HERE to download:

Thanks to all our members for their contributions that made this possible.

Special thanks to Thomas Boatwright for contributing the cover artwork again.

You can also download the 2010 and 2009 Christmas albums.

Have a safe and happy holiday season!!

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Permalink Reply by Ben on December 5, 2011 at 7:56pm

Damn! I've been pouring my heart and soul into my final project for my Master's of Music Education degree that I'm submitting tonight...was planning to record tomorrow...now I have to wait a whole YEAR to get on the next album. It'll be a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas...

(Maybe I'll write a song about it!)

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Permalink Reply by Ellwood T. Bear on December 5, 2011 at 8:15pm

Fantastic, Boy that was FAST!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Voodoo Highway on December 5, 2011 at 8:21pm

Dan, Thank you very much for putting this together!

Thomas, The cover looks great!

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Permalink Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire on December 5, 2011 at 8:37pm

Black Betty's Christmas... Ok I've had this thing for the Black Betty song, Black Betty has meant various things over the years....so I used my strengths and and produced what you're fixing to see.. I hope the video doesn't over shadow the song.. Black Betty is a cat being brought home. I can't play a lick, maybe a Christmas wish will come through.. Enjoy... PS: What Movie is his from? 8^)

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on December 5, 2011 at 8:50pm

Fun video, Hip Bone. You and that cat sound good together. Cool old Merc.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Rose on December 5, 2011 at 8:54pm

On my phone now, so I have to wait on the download, but I love the artwork!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bingham on December 5, 2011 at 10:06pm

Wow what an album!!! It's full of GREAT stuff. Great music and absolutely brilliant cover art.

Dan Sleep - thank you for coordinating this.

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on December 5, 2011 at 10:20pm

Yup. Thanks Dan, Thomas B. (great cover art) and all contributors. What a nice and varied mix we made. Will see if I can burn a CD of it. Merry Christmas, folks.

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Permalink Reply by Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman on December 5, 2011 at 10:40pm

'Winter Thoughts" was, in fact, performed on a prima balalaika. "Kling glöckchen" was performed on my 3 string "sympatico" build. Merry Christmas and Blessings to all!

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Permalink Reply by Voodoo Highway on December 5, 2011 at 11:33pm

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Permalink Reply by Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman on December 5, 2011 at 11:51pm

Ah, YESSSSSS! In the TRUE spirit of the season!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 6, 2011 at 1:54am

movie is "cobra "

Hip Bone Bellaire said:

Black Betty's Christmas... Ok I've had this thing for the Black Betty song, Black Betty has meant various things over the years....so I used my strengths and and produced what you're fixing to see.. I hope the video doesn't over shadow the song.. Black Betty is a cat being brought home. I can't play a lick, maybe a Christmas wish will come through.. Enjoy... PS: What Movie is his from? 8^)