The Sidemen 12.18.01
The Station Inn - Nashville,TN
"The Christmas Party"

Terry Eldredge - Guitar, Vocals
Mike Bub - Bass, Vocals
Mike Compton - Mandolin
Rob McCoury - Banjo
Jamie Johnson - Guitar, Vocals

SPECIAL GUESTS:
1 Jolena Foster - Vocals
2 Heather Barry - Auto Harp, Vocals
3 Dierks Bentley - Vocals, Guitar
4 Santa Claus! (aka Ernie Stires)
5 Al Johnson - Vocals, Fiddle
6 Ronnie Bowman - Vocals
7 Tim O'Brien - Fiddle, Vocals
8 Ron McCoury - Mandolin, Vocals
9 David Peterson - Vocals, Guitar
10 Richard Bailey - Banjo
11 Evan McCoury - Vocals
12 Sam Jackson - Mandolin, Vocals
13 Bobby Nicholas - Fiddle, Vocals
14 Casey Henry - Banjo, Vocals
15 J.T. Gray - Vocals, Guitar, and Station Inn Owner
16 Chris Sharp - Guitar
17 Matt Combs - Fiddle


-DISC ONE- (74:33)
01 Introduction
02 Jingle Bells
03 Make It Through December
04 Driving Nails In My Coffin
05 Too Many Good Times
06 The Old Ebenezer Scrooge
07 Tell Me Why
08 I've Got My Future On Ice
09 Those Two Blue Eyes
10 Rambler
11 I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas
12 Apartment #9 (1)
13 Beautiful Star Of Bethelehem (1)
14 Will You Be Loving Another Man (2)
15 I'll Be All Smiles Tonight (2)
16 Happy Birthday Heather
17 Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (3)
18 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (4)
19 Walk In The Sunshine (4)
20 Little Toy Trains (4)
21 Santa's Outroduction

-DISC TWO- (71:11)
01 Footprints In The Snow
02 Beneath Still Waters (5)
03 East Tennessee Blues
04 Cabin Home On The Hill (6,7,8)
05 Six Days On The Road (7,8)
06 Blue & Lonesome (7,8)
07 Pistol Packin' Mama (7,8)
08 A Bluegrass Christmas (7,8,16)
09 Christmas Time Is Coming (7,8,16)
10 Teardrops In My Eyes (8,9,10)
11 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (8,9,10,11)
12 John Henry (5,9,10,17)
13 Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas (5,9,10,17)
14 His Head Is Bowed In Memory (12,13,14)
15 Pike County Breakdown (12,13,14)
16 East Virginia Blues (12,13,14,15)


---Notes:---
The lineups shifted from song to song,
with musicians coming and going at will.
They played around one mic with no monitors.
Mics were clamped on same stand in XY pattern,
6 inches below their mic and tilted upward slightly
on fleximounts. The recording captures the mood
of the evening perfectly, if I do say so myself.
HUGE Thanks to Pat Skerrett for loaning me some gear!

---Recording: NashPhil---
Audience - On Stage - XY
(2) Schoeps CMC6/MK4 > Lunatec V2 >
Benchmark AD2K+ > Digigram VX-Pocket V2 >
Sound Forge 5.0 > 24bit/48k PCM.WAV >
Sony Vaio PCG-C1VSX/K

---Mastering: NashPhil---
24bit/48k PCM.WAV > 16bit/44.1k > CDR
Resampled, dithered, & edited using
Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 5.0