Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas

Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas is an album by the Charlie Daniels Band. It was released on October 13, 2009. There is a deluxe edition that is a CD/DVD.

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 Story" 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: "Mississippi 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 AllMusic with Stephen Thomas Erlewine's concluding in his review 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."