Evergreen: Mandolin Music for Christmas

~ Release by Butch Baldassari (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) guitar: Tim Stafford mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)		1:59
2	We Three Kings bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) guitar: Tim Stafford mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: We Three Kings lyricist and composer: John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)		2:16
3	The First Noel mandola and mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: The First Nowell lyricist, writer and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)		2:34
4	The Little Drummer Boy bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) guitar: Tim Stafford mandolin and octave mandolin: Butch Baldassari resonator guitar [dobro]: Gene Wooten snare drum [drum]: Sam Bacco instrumental recording of: Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) lyricist and composer: Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941) additional composer: Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958) publisher: EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964) is based on: Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)		3:05
5	Silent Night bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) chimes: Sam Bacco guitar: Tim Stafford mandolin: Butch Baldassari resonator guitar [dobro]: Gene Wooten instrumental recording of: Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) lyricist: Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816) composer: Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818) translator: John Freeman Young (in 1859) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088) translated version of: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht		2:45
6	Beautiful Star of Bethlehem bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) fiddle: Shawn Camp (American country songwriter, musician and producer) guitar: Tim Stafford mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: Beautiful Star of Bethlehem lyricist and composer: R. Fisher Boyce (in 1938)		3:04
7	Deck the Halls mandola: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: Deck the Halls lyricist: Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) is based on: Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)		1:43
8	What Child Is This bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) flute: Mark Horwitz guitar: Tim Stafford octave mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: What Child Is This? lyricist: William Chatterton Dix (in 1865) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608) version of: Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)		3:08
9	O Little Town of Bethlehem bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) classical guitar [nylon-string guitar] and mandolin: Butch Baldassari guitar: Tim Stafford viola: Andrea Zonn instrumental recording of: O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) lyricist: Phillips Brooks (in 1868) composer: Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868) is based on: St. Louis (hymn tune)		2:51
10	O Holy Night cello: John Catchings guitar: Tim Stafford mandolin: Butch Baldassari triangle: Sam Bacco instrumental recording of: O Holy Night lyricist: John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855) composer: Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847) arrangement of: O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West) translated version of: Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)		3:13
11	Away in a Manger bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) chimes: Sam Bacco guitar: Tim Stafford octave mandolin: Butch Baldassari resonator guitar [dobro]: Gene Wooten instrumental recording of: Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick) additional lyricist: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892) lyricist: [anonymous] (special purpose artist) composer: William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304) is based on: Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837) translated version of: Y Preseb		2:30
12	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear bass: Mike Bub (Bluegrass Bassist) guest flute: Mark Horwitz guitar: Tim Stafford octave mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) lyricist: Edmund Sears (American church author) composer: Richard Storrs Willis part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29) is based on: CAROL (hymn tune) is based on: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)		2:06
13	We Wish You a Merry Christmas bell: Sam Bacco guitar: Tim Stafford mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: We Wish You a Merry Christmas lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)		0:40

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Barcode:: 723368110425
Format:: CD
Length:: 31:54

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Type:: Album
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Cactus Records
CT 104

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United States
1990

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