Performers include: Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur, Billy Boy Arnold, Rosco Gordon, Asleep At The Wheel, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann, Long John Baldry, Sonny Rhodes, The Rockin' Highliners, Paul James, Big Dave McLean, Ray Bonneville, Kristi Johnson.
Personnel: Paul James, Big Dave McLean (vocals, guitar); Long John Baldry (vocals, 12-string guitar); Sonny Rhodes (vocals, lap steel guitar); Billy Boy Arnold (vocals, harmonica); Jay McShann (vocals, piano); Chris O'Connell, Robert Tycholis, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jerry Woolsey, Rosco Gordon, Maria Muldaur (vocals); Duke Robillard (guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar); Paul Murphy , Ray Benson (guitar); Ace Moreland (electric guitar); Andreas Schuld (12-string guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Tim Williams (mandolin, background vocals); Colin Linden (mandolin); Ken Whiteley (accordion); Dave Babcock (saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Doug James (saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Sax Gordon Beadle (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Michael Francis (saxophone); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Bob Tildesley (trumpet); Matt McCabe (piano, keyboards); Falkner Evans, Gary Gray, Richard Bell (piano); Doug Bare (keyboards); Marty Ballou (acoustic bass); John Packer (upright bass); Marty Richards (drums, sleigh bell); Jorn Anderson, Adrian Vecchiola, Jeffery McAllister, Kevin McMahon (drums); Rick Fenton (bass drum, sleigh bell).
Photographer: Holger Petersen.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Greg Piccolo; Porky Cohen; Rich Lataille; Bob Enos.
Arranger: Andreas Schuld.
Stony Plain's Christmas Blues, a various-artists collection, will not dampen the spirits at any festive holiday gatherings. The 14 tracks here are upbeat, cheerful Yuletide tunes. Duke Robillard kicks off the collection with a merry instrumental. He produced and features on a half-dozen of the tracks. Other highlights include Maria Muldaur with "No Money, No Honey," sleigh-bell-ornamented Kansas City blues from Jay McShann, and an authentic blues ballad from premier vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon. ~ Tom Schulte minimize