Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas

CD

1. Christmas Time's A-Comin' (with the Grascals)
2. Christmas Time Down South (with Aaron Tippin)
3. Blue Christmas (with Jewel)
4. Mississippi Christmas Eve
5. Hallelujah
6. The Christmas Song (with Dan Tyminski)
7. O Come All Ye Faithful (with Kathy Mattea)
8. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (with Evelyn Cox of the Cox Family)
9. Joy to the World
10. the Christmas Song from The Book of Luke (Luke 2:1-11)
11. Silent Night (with Suzanne Cox of the Cox Family)
12. A Carolina Christmas Carol

DVD

1. Chapter 1: Missippi Christmas Eve
2. Chapter 2: Hallelujah
3. Chapter 3: Christmas Time's A Comin' (with the Grascals)
4. Chapter 4: Blue Christmas (with Suzanne Cox on the DVD)
5. Chapter 5: Silent Night(with Suzanne Cox)
6. Chapter 6: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (with Evelyn Cox)
7. Chapter 7: The Christmas Song (with Dan Tyminski)
8. Chapter 8: Christmas Time Down South (with Aaron Tippin)
9. Chapter 9: O Come All Ye Faithful (with Kathy Mattea)
10. Chapter 10: Joy to the World (with all artists)

Personnel

Charlie Daniels - Arranger, composer, fiddle, acoustic guitar, producer, readings, lead & background vocals

Charlie Hayward - Bass

Jeremy Abshire - Fiddle

Kristin Scott Benson - Banjo

Bruce Ray Brown - Dobro, 12 string acoustic guitar, background vocals

Carolyn Corlew - Background vocals

Evelyn & Suzanne Cox - vocals & background vocals

Terry Eldridge - Acoustic guitar, vocals

Aubrey Haynie - Fiddle, mandolin

Kevin Haynie - Banjo

Jewel - Vocals

Pat MacDonald - Cabasa, drums, shaker, tambourine

Kathy Mattea - Vocals

Danny Roberts - Mandolin

Terry Allan Smith - Bass, background vocals

Aaron Tippin - Vocals

Dan Tyminski - Vocals

Chris Wormer - Acoustic guitar

Chart Performance

Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas peaked at #8 on the U.S. "Billboard" Top Bluegrass Albums chart in 2009 and #39 on the U.S. "Billboard" Top Holiday Albums chart in 2010.

Review

Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas received three and a half out of five stars from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. He concludes that "Charlie Daniels brings in a few friends for the rollicking Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas. This pretty much relies on holiday standards, both secular and Christian, but they're not performed lazily: the Charlie Daniels Band plays these songs with no small amount of joy, making this a small season delight."