The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
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| Release date: | 1992 |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Tracks: | 14 |
| Duration: | 51:18 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Merry, Merry Christmas (Koko Taylor) | 4:29 |
| 2. | Christmas Time in the Country (Kenny Neal) | 4:34 |
| 3. | I'm Your Santa (Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials) | 2:54 |
| 4. | Deck the Halls with Boogie Woogie (Katie Webster) | 2:58 |
| 5. | Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus (William Clarke) | 4:32 |
| 6. | Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (Tinsley Ellis) | 3:23 |
| 7. | Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Charles Brown) | 3:12 |
| 8. | Lonesome Christmas (Son Seals) | 5:13 |
| 9. | Christmas on the Bayou (Lonnie Brooks) | 4:46 |
| 10. | Santa Claus (The Nightcats, Little Charlie) | 2:57 |
| 11. | The Little Drummer Boy (Elvin Bishop) | 2:52 |
| 12. | One Parent Christmas (Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women) | 3:32 |
| 13. | Christmas (Clarence) | 3:12 |
| 14. | Silent Night (Charlie Musselwhite) | 2:44 |
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[Edit]If you’re not already familiar with the great roster of artists on the Chicago-based independent blues label Alligator Records, this 1992 collection of their then-notables is a perfect place to start. Koko Taylor kicks off the festivities singing “Merry, Merry Christmas” with her smoky sultry voice wailing into the choruses under a grinding church organ and some amplifier tube-burning guitar leads. Kenny Neal’s throaty croon follows some honking harmonica blasts on the timeless “Christmas Time in the Country” and then Lil’ Ed & The Blue Imperials spike the punch with an upbeat foot-stomper and guitars that lean hard and heavy on the bottleneck-slide licks. Charles Brown puts his slick West Coast piano-boogie imprint (and sings smoother than eggnog) on the shoe-shuffling strut of “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.” Lonnie Brooks cooks up a spicy rocker with “Christmas on the Bayou,” a swampy chooglin’ number that would make Creedence Clearwater Revival proud. If they handed out a prize for the best reworking of a classic carol, it would have to go to Elvin Bishop for his Hendrix-inspired instrumental version of “The Little Drummer Boy.”