The Christmas Jug Band – Uncorked

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Label:	Globe Records (5) – GLO-029
Format:	CD, Album, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	Aug 27, 2002
Genre:	Jazz, Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style:	Swing, Jug Band, Holiday

Tracklist

1		Santa Lost A Ho Bass Violin – Blake Richardson Drums – Lance Dickerson Harmonica, Backing Vocals – Nicholas Dewey Kazoo, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tim Eschliman Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals – Austin De Lone Songwriter, Upright Piano, Lead Vocals – Paul Rogers (3) Soprano Saxophone – Jim Rothermel
2		Santa's Workshop Songwriter, Lead Vocals, Resonator Guitar – Dan Hicks
3		Hey, Santa! Songwriter, Lead Vocals, Upright Piano – Austin De Lone
4		Ain't That Cold? Songwriter, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Tim Eschliman
5		Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Lead Guitar – Angela Strehli Lead Vocals – Maria Muldaur Washboard – Greg Dewey
6		These Christmas Blues Adapted By, Lead Vocals, Resonator Guitar – Dan Hicks
7		Plant A Santa Backing Vocals – Fred Catero Songwriter, Lead Vocals, Upright Piano – Paul Rogers (3)
8		I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Lead Vocals, Harmonica – Norton Buffalo
9		Lonesome Reindeer Blues
10		Don't They Know It's Christmas? Backing Vocals – Brien Hopkins, Jay David, Mark Keller (3) Songwriter, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Tim Eschliman
11		Santa, You've Got What It Takes
12		Silent Night Autoharp – Dan Hicks Harmonica, Backing Vocals – Norton Buffalo Lead Vocals – Mike Duke

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Recorded By – Fred Catero
Recorded By – Arjan McNamara
Recorded At – Boomtown, Sausalito

Notes

The release of "UNCORKED" marks the silver anniversary of that momentary lapse of sanity grown to ubiquious proportions, known as The Christmas Jug Band. This milestone recording was richly engineered by the great FRED CATERO (Pointer Sisters, Santana, Barbra Streisand's "People." Sly & the Family Stone, Big Brother & The Holding Co.'s "Cheap Thrills") and Arjan McNamara, who know the idiosyncrasies of capturing acoustic eccentricities better than any- one. This irreverent crewe of Dan Hicks,Austin deLone (Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello),Tim Eschliman (Commander Cody, Etta James, Rhythmtown-Jive), Paul Rogers (Those Darn Accordions!), Jim Rothermel (Jesse Colin Young,Van Morrison), Lance Dickerson (Commander Cody, David Bromberg) and Blake Richardson (Bobby Hebb) deliver a dozen season-stop- ping classics spearheaded by the great Rogers classic already making a buzz,"SANTA LOST A HO".To help emphasize this monumental statement, original founding members Nick Dewey (Bodacious, Rowdy & the Rivets; first time on a CJB recording),Greg“Duke”Dewey(MadRiver,CountryJoeMcDonald,MartyBalin) andPaulWenninger(washtubvirtuoso) were imported for the sessions.
There are also special guest appearances by Norton Buffalo (doing the Marx Brothers classic "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas"), Texas blues master Angela Strehli, Bay Area favorite, Maria Muldaur (both on "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus"), and the great powerhouse soul-gospel of Mike Duke (Wet Willy, Delbert McClinton), recapping the classic lawsuit-threatened Huey "Piano" Smith arrangement of "Silent Night". Not being of a mind to under-staff such a masterpiece, the talent roster was topped off with Dan Hick's vocal back-up quartet, "The Opinions" (including Eggs Over Easy's Brien Hopkins, Austin deLone and Jay David, plus Tim Eschliman).
The fabulous original painting cover art was commissioned of Mark Keller (official poster artist for this year's Sausalito Art Festival, 2002 New Art International competition 1st place winner), who has created a marvelously tired and sleepy Santa being awoken by his elves in the eleventh hour of Christmas Eve in a lush canvas remindful of the great Norman Rockwell.
It all spells out a new Christmas tradition not to be missed!