CD Details
- Released: September 5, 2011
- Label: Evangeline
Entertainment Reviews:
Uncut - p.96
3 stars out of 5 -- "Collins slaps bass through four originals, while various old chestnuts...are given the knees-up by horn sections, beatboxes and turntables."
Tracks:
- 1.N-Yo-City
- 2.Merry Christmas Baby
- 3.Jingle Belz (AKA Jingle Bells)
- 4.Happy Holidaze
- 5.Chestnutz (AKA The Christmas Song)
- 6.WinderFunkyLand (AKA Winter Wonderland)
- 7.Santa's Coming (AKA Santa Claus Is Coming To Town)
- 8.Boot-Off (AKA Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer)
- 9.Silent Night
- 10.Sleigh Ride
- 11.Dis-Christmas (AKA This Christmas)
- 12.Be-With-You
- 13.Christmas Is 4 Ever
Product Description:
Personnel: Bootsy Collins (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals); Garry Shider (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Adrian Hall, Danielle Withers, Ron Kat, Candis Cheatham, Matt Dawson, Belita Woods (vocals, background vocals); Razzberry, Bobby Womack (vocals); Miguel Cheatham, Djizzle, Danny Ray, Snoop Dogg (rap vocals); Buckethead, Bishop Don Magic Juan, Parisian Princess, George Clinton , Roger Troutman (spoken vocals); Keith Cheatham (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Mike Hampton "Kid Funkadelic", Blackbyrd McKnight, Phelps "Catfish" Collins (guitar); Paul Patterson (mandolin, violin, strings); Chris Daniels, Charlie Daniels (fiddle, background vocals); Bernie Worrell (clarinet, piano, Clavinet, keyboards); Randy Villars (saxophone, horns); Don Bynum (saxophone); Fred Wesley (trombone); Gary Winters, Austin Vickrey, NastyNattiHorns, Marc Fields, Michael Wade (horns); Terry "Zapp" Troutman (keyboards, talk box, percussion); Morris Mingo (keyboards, drums, percussion); Razor "Sharp" Johnson (keyboards); Melvin Parker, Frankie "Kash" Waddy, Ravi Javahati, Teddy Wilburn (drums); Tobe Causal T (turntables); Greg Jackson, Tyreka Grissom, Jerome Johnson, Cherine Anderson, Bobby Byrd (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Bootsy Collins.
Recording information: Bootzilla Re-Hab; The Ark P-Form Schools.
Photographer: Mark Alexander.
Funky people need to have something in their CD collection to pump during the holiday season too. And former Parliament bassist and all-around funk giant Bootsy Collins is here to serve that purpose on CHRISTMAS IS 4 EVER, putting his own personal twist on a slew of beloved Christmas songs. Bootzilla gets help from an all-star guest list that includes Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Charlie Daniels, Fred Wesley, Bobby Byrd, MC Danny Ray, and the late Roger Troutman, as well as fellow Mothership alums Blackbyrd McKnight and Bernie Worrell.
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