Song:Christmas Time Down South
Album:A Christmas Collection
Country music and bluegrass fans will enjoy this collection of Charlie Daniels Christmas albums. When Daniels was popular in the 70s he recorded a mix of southern rock and country. Now he is strictly a country artist. Daniels has released four Christmas albums and this box set contains three of them. They are not available individually. Daniels recorded his first Christmas album Christmas Time Down South in 1990 for Epic. Unlike most Christmas albums, most of the songs including Christmas Time Down South are originals. Daniels wrote that song about his childhood. His second Christmas album A Merry Christmas To All was released in 2002 on Daniels' label Blue Hat. This album is mostly Christmas standards. The 2009 album Joy To The World is billed as Charlie Daniels & Friends as it has several guest performers. Christmas Time Down South features country music star Aaron Tippin. The mandolin solo is by veteran session musician Aubrey Haynie. Other guests include Terry Eldridge of The Grascals, Kathy Mattea, Jewel, Dan Tyminski of Union Station and Evelyn and Suzanne Cox of The Cox Family. The original release of this album came with a DVD but the album is out of print and the box set doesn't have the DVD. Daniels released a fourth Christmas CD in 2012 in a promotion with the restaurant chain Buffets Inc. It seems to be out of print too. Here's Charlie Daniels featuring Aaron Tippin performing Christmas Time Down South from the Joy To The World DVD.
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