Various Artists - Christmas On The Range: 26 Festive And Swingin' Country Tunes (Various Artists) (CD)

The follow-up to our very successful 2017 Christmas CD with country music, honky tonk and hillbilly boogie: 'Christmas On The Countryside' (BCD17508).26 songs selected by Nico Feuerbach and commented with great expertise and profound humour by Roland Heinrich.Great compilation of traditional country music, western swing and hillbilly.A well-balanced blend of well-known bigger names and rather unknown but nevertheless great musicians.Three tracks are released here on CD for the first time!Bear Family also brings good cheer and will make your Christmas especially "merry" with an particularly compiled seasonal country CD. Bear Family's little sleigh stopper is not your average middle-of-the road cash in: Bear Family's 'Christmas On The Range' brings you vintage country music, western swing, and hillbilly from the 1940s and '50s. The stories are heartfelt and funny with just the right dose of Christmas corniness. The CD showcases well-known artists like Bill Monroe and Kitty Wells alongside obscurer colleagues such as Billy Briggs and Ray Salter & the Twin City Playboys. Also, three of the tracks included have never been available on CD.This great compilation helps you burn the extra cookie with hot dance tunes like The North Pole Boogie and the all-time great We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo by Terry Fell. Bob Wills is presented in a pensive and patriotic mood with his World War II classic Empty Chair at the Christmas Table, whereas Brenda Lee roars determined that she is going to lasso Santa Claus! If you party too hard around Mardi Gras you might end up with a New Baby for Christmas - George Jones will let you in on the whole story. Traditional country music always loved to exploit special occasions by tackling any imaginable topic, no matter how trivial or exotic. This CD brings you great novelties, great tear jerkers, and great dance music. It also brings great joy! Season's Greetings everybody!

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Bob Wills ; His Texas Playboys - When It's Christmas on the Range
2. Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) - Jolly Old St. Nicholas
3. Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus
4. Bill Monroe - Christmas Time's A-Coming
5. The Louvin Brothers - It's Christmas Time
6. Ray Salter ; the Twin City Playboys - Christmas Decoration
7. Little Jimmy Dickens - No Place Like Home on Christmas
8. Tex Ritter - Christmas Carols By the Old Corral
9. George Morgan - Blue Snowfall
10. Ernest Tubb - White Christmas
11. Cliff Bruner ; His Texas Wanderers - Snowflakes
12. Eddy Arnold - Christmas Can't Be Far Away
13. Kitty Wells - Christmas Ain't Like Christmas Anymore
14. Bob Wills ; His Texas Playboys - Empty Chair at the Christmas Table
15. Jim Reeves - Blue Christmas
16. Brenda Lee - I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus
17. Billy Briggs - North Pole Boogie
18. Red Foley - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
19. George Jones - New Baby for Christmas
20. Wilf Carter - the Night Before Christmas in Texas, That Is
21. Nelson Young - Home at Christmas
22. Skeeter Davis - Santa Claus Is Coming
23. Bob Wills ; His Texas Playboys - Santa's on His Way
24. The Prairie Ramblers - Cowboy Santa Claus
25. Terry Fell - We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo
26. Ray Salter ; the Twin City Playboys - I Wish Every Day Was Christmas