1 	Christmas Celebration 	3:27
2 	I Told Santa Claus 	4:16
3 	The Christmas Song 	3:11
4 	White Christmas 	4:15
5 	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 	4:43
6 	Good Morning Blues 	5:03
7 	Let It Snow 	3:46
8 	Run, Rudolph, Run 	3:51
9 	I Want You With Me Christmas 	4:18
10 	I Want To Spend Christmas With You 	4:45

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Rich Lataille
Baritone Saxophone – Doug James
Bass – Ken "Doc" Grace
Drums – John Rossi
Guitar – Chris Vachon
Piano – Matt McCabe
Trombone, Executive-Producer – Carl Querfurth
Trumpet – Bob Enos
Vocals – Sugar Ray Norcia

This Christmas platter adds another page to Roomful's voluminous releases for Rounder's Varrick and Bullseye Blues imprints. Their only holiday album is a unique collection of some of the greatest R&B Christmas tunes of all time, including Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run," Fats Domino's "I Told Santa Claus" and Lloyd Glenn's "Christmas Celebration." Roomful also puts their distinctive touch on classics by Mel Torme ("The Christmas Song"), Nat King Cole ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"), Jesse Belvin ("I Want You With Me Christmas"), Lowell Fulson ("I Want to Spend Christmas With You") and swinging takes on "Let It Snow," the perennial "White Christmas" (done up New Orleans style) and a holiday slant to Count Basie's "Good Morning Blues." ---Cub Koda, AllMusic Review

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1. Roll Me Over 3:58
2. The Salt Of My Tears 3:47
3. You Give Me Nothin' But The Blues 3:06
4. Your Love Was Never There 4:31
5. Love To Watch You When You Go 3:39
6. Over My Head 4:03
7. Backlash 5:41
8. Fairweather Friend 4:32
9. Wait And See 2:58
10. Where's Bubba? 5:32

Bob Enos - Trumpet
Thomas Enright - Bass
Rich Lataille - Sax (Tenor)
Chris Lemp - Drums
Mac Odom - Vocals
Chris Vachon - Guitar
Hank Walther - Keyboards

This legendary blues-jam band is rolling past three decades now, and this fiery swinging collection is one of their most powerful and varied recordings ever. In addition to the "Tower of Power on speed" energies that have earned them various awards, critical accolades, and a devoted following, this collection boasts dashes of funk, soul, the inimitable saxman Rich Lataille, and the crisp guitar excitement of Chris Vachon. At the forefront is the raspy vocal believability of Mac Odom. It's always interesting how the best blues bands can make songs of despair sound so joyous, but Roomful of Blues also takes a few more wistful looks at romance. The feisty opener "Roll Me Over" is about finding ways to keep the dying flame from burning out completely; Vachon's wailing solo punctuates the energy the "protagonist" puts into the effort. "Love to Watch You When You Go" has a blast watching a lover strut out the door. The punchy rocker "The Salt of My Tears" is about the most cheerful song about loneliness you'll ever hear. "Your Love Was Never There" captures the classic Stax soul sound beautifully, while "Wait and See" has a little boogie-woogie element. The closer, "Where's Bubba?," is original but sounds like a sly cover of any sassy big-band number ever written. --- Jonathan Widran, AllMusic Review

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1. That's A Pretty Good Love [02:55]
2. She Walks Right In [03:32]
3. Hook, Line and Sinker [02:50]
4. Kill Me [03:55]
5. Gate Walks To Board [04:01]
6. Juice, Juice, Juice [02:41]
7. Ain't Nothin' Happenin' [03:10]
8. Win With Me, Baby [03:50]
9. It [04:01]
10. Come On Home [02:35]
11. Time Brings About A Change [05:32]
12. Roomful of Blues / Just A Little Love [02:23]

Personnel:
Phil Pemberton (vocals);
Chris Vachon (guitar);
Rich Lataille (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone);
Mark Earley (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone);
Doug Woolverton (trumpet);
Travis Colby (piano, Hammond b-3 organ);
John Turner (upright bass);
Ephraim Lowell (drums).

Roomful of Blues have been playing their blistering take on the jump blues for over 35 years and through numerous personnel changes. Only saxman Rich Lataille is left from the band's best-known lineup, and even he joined after Roomful of Blues had been playing beer joints for three years, but their sound still remains as rough and tough as ever and that's a good thing indeed. On Hook, Line & Sinker they're doing what they've always done, and as the provocative album cover suggests, they remain capable of delivering a platter full of sly, sexy stompers. There aren't any originals this time around; instead they trot out a bunch of juke joint classics and infuse them with their own special brand of soulful grit. Chris Vachon's slinky guitar pulls you into the opener, "That's a Pretty Good Love," a tune made popular by Big Maybelle. Vachon's long, serpentine solo complements the song's smoldering message. Vocalist Phil Pemberton shines on "Kill Me," with a soulful, growling vocal worthy of the Don & Dewey original, while he shows off his tender side on Floyd Dixon's "Time Brings About a Change," which features an intricate late-night piano solo by Travis Colby. But like all good Roomful albums, it's the uptempo numbers that really make you want to hit the replay button. Vachon lets loose on the smokin' instrumental "Gate Walks to Board," then steps aside to let Lataille, Mark Earley, and trumpeter Doug Woolverton trade wailing solos. They play the bouncy title track, a tune by Dave Bartholomew/Pearl King that Smiley Lewis had a hit on, with the pedal to the metal. Gatemoth Brown's "She Walks Right In" gets the full jump blues treatment, with John Turner's acoustic bass pushing the band into overdrive and the horn section wailing like a chorus of desperate drunks at closing time on Saturday night. --- j. Poet, Rovi

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01. Every Dog Has Its Day 2:40 
02. Lower On Your List Of Priorities 3:20 
03. Talkin' To You Eye To Eye 3:03 
04. Big Mamou 3:00 
05. Round It Down 4:16 
06. I Would Be A Sinner 3:59 
07. Black Night 5:21 
08. Boogie Woogie Country Girl 3:19 
09. Solid Jam 3:13 
10. Sweet Petite 4:08 
11. While I Can 4:28 
12. Raisin' A Ruckus 5:13 
13. New Orleans 3:54 
14. Life Has Been Good 3:59

Roomful of Blues: 
Dave Howard (vocals, harmonica); 
Chris Vachon (guitar); 
Rich Lataille (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); 
Mark Earley (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); 
Bob Enos (trumpet); 
Travis Colby (piano, organ); 
Dimitry Gorodetsky (upright bass, electric bass); 
Ephraim Lowell (drums).

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01. Lillie Mae 
02. Lost Mind 
03. Dander Zone 
04. I Tried 
05. Smack Dab In the Middle 
06. I Smell Trouble 
07. The Comeback 
08. Blind Love 
09. I'm Just Your Fool 
10. Mister Dolar

Personnel: 
Sugar Ray Norcia (vocals, harmonica); 
Mac Odom (vocals); 
Chris Vachon (guitar); 
Rich Lataille (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); 
Greg Piccolo (tenor saxophone); 
Doug James , Kevin May (baritone saxophone); 
Bob Enos (trumpet); 
Carl Querfurth (trombone); 
John Wolf (tenor trombone, bass trombone); 
Albert Weisman, Matt McCabe (piano); 
John Rossi (drums). 

R&B little big band Roomful of Blues has been one of the most enduring institutions in American music, and a showcase for some of the best blues talent in the world. On this collection, Roomful showcases a repertoire that perhaps no other band can play so well: the classic, horn-driven R&B of the 1950s. These swinging, in-the-pocket performances are the essence of Roomful’s jump blues sound. ---concordmusicgroup.com

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