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Kelly Mulhollan : Christmas Carols on an Ozark Guitar
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Traditional Christmas Carols, simply played on a crude but charming folk instrument made in the Ozarks hills of Arkansas
Genre: Folk: Traditional Folk
Release Date: 2003
Christmas Carols on an Ozark Guitar Record Label: Termite Tracs
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Silent Night 1:28 Album Only
Oh Christmas Tree 1:17 Album Only
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 1:26 Album Only
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing 1:18 Album Only
Carol of the Bells 1:56 Album Only
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 2:06 Album Only
Little Drummer Boy 1:39 Album Only
Greensleeves 1:53 Album Only
Away In a Manger 2:03 Album Only
Joy To the World 1:45 Album Only
The First Noel 1:59 Album Only
Angels We Have Heard on High 2:07 Album Only
Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem 1:29 Album Only
Deck the Halls 1:02 Album Only
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Album Notes

This recording started out as a simple gift for a friend but quickly took on a life of its own. Due to popular demand, Christmas Carols on an Ozark Guitar is finally available on CD.

The instrument used on this recording was built by one of the last homesteaders of the Ozark Mountains. Ed Stilley of Hogscald Hollar, cut down trees from his land, then nailed and glued them together. It's fitted with a saw blade pinned by coil springs, welding-rod frets, a couple of door springs and a steak bone nut & saddle sitting on two stacks of dimes. All told, the guitar weighs a good 30 lbs!

All this metal and spring inside the guitar creates a mysterious reverb that Ed describes as the voice of God. Ed has made over 150 instruments and given them all away to children in response to a 'calling'.

Kelly Mulhollan is best known as a multi-instrumentalist with the folk duo Still on the Hill. The arrangements are simple but charming and very fitting for this rustic instrument.

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