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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Dec 2009 6:58 pm |
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What's your favorite Christmas CD?
Mine is George Strait's "Merry Christmas Strait to You"
with Paul Franklin on steel and the incomparable Johnny Gimble on fiddle.
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Richard Paul
From:
Iowa USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2009 7:33 pm Favorite Christmas CD?
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My CD is of Willie Nelson "Christmas with Willie"
My Favorite Album is Buddy Emmons "Christmas Sounds" of the Steel Guitar. SLEIGH RIDE, HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, WHITE CHRISTMAS, WINTER WONDER LAND,
THE CHRISTMAS SONG, SILVER BELLS, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, O HOLY NIGHT, BLUE CHRISTMAS, I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, MEDLEY: GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN.PD., IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR,PD., O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL,PD.,AWAY IN A MANGER,PD., SILENT NIGHT,PD., JINGLE BELLS.PD. What an album. |
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Jody Sanders
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Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Dec 2009 8:13 pm
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| Buddy's Christmas Sounds is my favorite also. Jody. |
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2009 9:28 pm
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Gregg Miner is the firebrand of the harp guitar community. He also has an amazing museum and collection of instruments which he incorporated into a two-CD-set-with-four-color-booklets (think David Grisman's "Tone Poems" CDs...) detailing his amazing arsenal. It's much more than steel guitars--or even vintage instruments. Not only are the instruments astounding, but the arrangements and playing are joyous and imaginative. LIke nothing else in holiday music.
Find this (and get lost in) www.harpguitars.net .
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 6:39 am
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| Paul Franklins CD. |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 6:41 am
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Buddy Emmons' Christmas album is one, and Take Six 'He Is Christmas' is the other.
If Take Six can't bring a tear to your eye with their 'Hark The Herald Angels Sing', then you might need to see a doctor!
It's odd - I don't have any Christian beliefs in the accepted sense, but so much of the music associated with Christmas can affect me. James Taylor doing 'In The Deep Midwinter' isn't too bad, either... 
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Paul King
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Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 6:56 am
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| The Buddy Emmons Christmas CD is high on my list. Also, there is a group the "Manuel Family Band" who put out a Christmas project a few years ago which is fantastic. |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 8:03 am
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
| I don't have any Christian beliefs in the accepted sense, but so much of the music associated with Christmas can affect me. |
So very true, Roger
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 8:04 am
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
| I don't have any Christian beliefs in the accepted sense, but so much of the music associated with Christmas can affect me. |
So very true, Roger
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
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Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 8:26 am
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I have two favorites: Buddy Emmons' Christmas Sounds of the Steel Guitar, and Rock & Roll Cowboys' The Christmas Album Volume 1 (Marty Stuart's band with Gary Hogue on steel guitar).
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Cal Sharp
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the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 9:29 am
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Buddy's album, "Six String Santa" by Joe Pass, "Boogie Woogie Christmas" by Brian Setzer and a track by Miles Davis called "Blue Xmas". And, oh yeah, the Chipmunks.
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 10:33 am Christmas Music
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| Buddy's album , Paul Franklin's Christmas CD (his versions of "Jingle Bells" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" are worth the price alone), and a CD by a group of Nashville session players titled, "Pickin' on Christmas". |
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Ulf Edlund
From:
Umeå, Sweden
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 11:11 am
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Buddy Emmons "Christmas sounds of the steel guitar"
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Jamie Lennon
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 12:22 pm
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Paul Franklins Christmas cd !!!
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Tore Blestrud
From:
Oslo, Norway
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 1:00 pm
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Buddy Emmons' Christmas Sounds of the Steel Guitar!
This album always brings on the Christmas feeling, and it is "acceptable" to most anyone, also listeners who do not usually appreciate steel guitar as much as we do.
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 1:40 pm
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| Buddy's "Christmas Sounds" is one of the "perfect" Christmas records,regardless of instrumentation- right up there with Vince Guaraldi and Bing Crosby, Tabernacle Choir et al... For Steel CD's Paul's is also fantastic. |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 4:14 pm
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Buddy's, Bobbe' and Paul's.
Tony |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 4:24 pm
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| Jamie Lennon wrote: |
| Paul Franklins Christmas cd !!! |
Hey, I was going to say that!!! 
It's a great CD. I wish he'd do another one.
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Bernie Gonyea
From:
Sherman Tx. 75092 ,U.S.A. (deceased)
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 6:08 pm George Strait's Xmas Album
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Bent : I am with you; George's " Merry Xmas Strait to you ". Any thing with Paul and Johnny Gimble has to be good, Right ?. George is one of my favorite Country singers..Bernie
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Reggie Duncan
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 9:06 pm
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Buddy's Christmas Sounds and The Carpenter's Christmas album from the 70s, I suppose
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 5 Dec 2009 10:47 pm It's difficult to pick favorites......................
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While I must agree that Buddy Emmons' Christmas Album is without doubt, a top favorite of mine, I must say that JERRY BYRD's Christmas in Hawaii is my all time favorite.
Marty Robbins also did a really fine Christmas album. No steel guitar is to be heard on the album but the tunes are so unique and pretty.
Merry Christmas to each of you. |
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 8:05 am
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A great favorite of mine, my wife absolutely loves it, is The Crash Test Dummies Jingle All the Way with the Forum's own Bob Hoffnar playing some wonderful pedal steel that will get you in the Christmas mood.
Duncan
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 8:45 am
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I have one that I just picked up last week, and highly recommend it: "Jerry Christmas" by Jerry Douglas.
Exquisite playing and arrangements.
It would seem impossible that Jerry, who is now 53, is continuing to improve as a player - but I think this is some of the best stuff he has ever done. 
A link to a review:
http://www.christmasreviews.com/wjerrydouglas.shtml
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