Stubbys House of Christmas       
 
One of my favorite annual holiday collections of the last few years is "A Cigar Box Christmas".  Cigar Box Nation is a place where musicians who build and play instruments out of cigar boxes gather together and compare notes.  Since 2009, they've been putting together these Christmas music collections featuring cigar box instruments for their own enjoyment and the enjoyment of anyone who stops by.  They've always been free and they all still are.  The music runs the gamut from Bluegrass to Blues to Hard Rock.  It's amazing what you can do with a cigar box guitar (acoustic or electric) or banjo.  Really.  I haven't had a chance to go through this year's, yet.  But I was immediately drawn to "Black Bettie's Christmas" which turns out to be a duet between a man and his cat, a cappella no less.  How could you not like that?  And "Wee Wish Yoo" is a hard rocker.  Download "A Cigar Box Christmas 2011" at Cigar Box Nation.  And pick up the collections from 2009 and 2010 while you're there.  The amazing cover art is by Thomas Boatwright.
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1.  Angels We Have Heard On High (Gloria in Excelsis Deo) – Silent Jim
2.  Christmas For Cowboys – Uncle John
3.  Jingle Bell Rock – Teddy B
4.  Christmas Slow Roast – Chris Tinker
5.  A Holly Jolly Christmas – Voodoo Highway
6.  Silent Night – Mike Bingham
7.  Christmas Memories – bemuzic
8.  Winter Thoughts (The Advent Song) – Henry Lowman
9.   Black Bettie's Christmas – Hip Bone Bellaire
10. Up On The Housetop – Matthew Borczon
11. Wee Wish Yoo – Brickdust & Pyno
12. The Little Drummer Boy/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Joy to the World – NightOwl
13. Josiah's Song – Stompbox Johnny
14. For Absent Friends – Slowpaw Steve T
15. Kling glöckchen klingelingeling - Henry Lowman
16. Auld Lang Syne – c# merle
17. Winter Flavours – Sugimugi
18. Tres Estudios Para Lejos En Un Pesebre – Keni Lee Burgess
19. The Holly & The Ivy – John Maw & Dan Sleep
 


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