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)		1:58
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)		2:14
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)		2:32
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 (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964) is based on: Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)		3:03
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 (in 1816) composer: Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818) translator: John Freeman Young (in 1859) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088) translated version of: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht		2:43
6	Do You Hear What I Hear double bass [string bass]: Mark Schatz fiddle and guitar: Randy Howard (fiddle and mandolin player) mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: Do You Hear What I Hear? lyricist: Noël Regney (in 1962) writer: Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker composer: Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962) publisher: Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)		3:43
7	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)		3:02
8	Joy to the World mandola: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: Joy to the World (Christmas carol) lyricist: Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719) composer: George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) arranger: Lowell Mason (in 1839)		1:53
9	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)		3:05
10	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)		2:48
11	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) translated version of: Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)		3:11
12	Angels We Have Heard on High guitar: Randy Howard (fiddle and mandolin player) mandolin: Butch Baldassari instrumental recording of: Angels We Have Heard on High lyricist: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) translator: James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862) version of: Les Anges dans nos campagnes		3:47
13	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		2:28
14	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)		2:05
15	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”)		1:41
16	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)		0:39

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engineer:	Richard Adler (producer/engineer)

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Barcode:: 027297520820
Format:: CD
Length:: 40:52

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

Labels

Cactus Records
CD 5208

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United States
1990

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