Originally released as COUNTRY CHRISTMAS in 1966, this collection features Loretta Lynn lending her unmistakable voice to a set of Yuletide classics, in addition to a handful of self-penned holiday tunes, most notably the twangy "Country Christmas" ...
Great Music We've always liked this album by Loretta and when it was remastered it made it sound even better. It's a classic Christmas CD. Submitted by Johns231 (Knoxville Tn. USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection album
$15.19 I grew up listening to all types of music when I was young. My father had been a banjo player in the Dixieland era. The sound of a guitar captured me where other instruments didn’t. “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got a string.” The first time I saw Chet Atkins play I was hooked, but it wasn’t until I heard Jimi Hendrix that I ask my parents for a six string guitar. I was mesmerized by Jimi’s playing and the sustained sound of his guitar. I also observed the way Eric Clapton bent the strings that made the blues come alive. The overdrive of the amplifier gave guitar a mighty voice, a power I wanted to possess. My first breakthrough on electric guitar came when Michael Bloomfield walked into my hotel room by accident. I was practicing on an old Gibson Les Paul, which got his attention. He taught me how to bend a string. He told me that “there is a world in one note if you play it right.” The ten minutes he spent with me changed my playing forever.At nineteen I was spending a fortune keeping my amplifier running. I started learning electronics before I went broke. I had no idea that in the future I would trade my passion for a steady paycheck in electronics. Consequently, I became a broadcast engineer. I never quit playing; it just happened after work. Acoustic Guitar was a new journey. So intimate, I didn’t have volume and sustain to hide behind. It wasn’t until I started studying classical and jazz guitar at the university level that I started exploring acoustic guitar’s complexities. I took Master Classes with Pepe Romero, Angel Romero, Christopher Parkining. To me classical guitar is beautiful and demanding, but leaves very little room for self expression. The rules are strict, rigid and limiting. I was told in my studies that Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were not real guitar players, but pop heros. The attitude was wrong for me and I continued my degree in jazz only. I graduated with a Bachelor and Masters degree in performance and composition. I received some instruction from some great guitar players over the years; Steve Morse, Pat Martino, Eric Johnson, Les Wise, and John Knowles. I arranged some music for the El Paso Symphony in which the Jazz/fusion group I was playing in was the featured artist as well as opened different shows ...
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