Here it comes, Christmas!  And with the approach of that season
comes the newest crop of new Christmas albums as every artist looks for a new way to demonstrate their own unique spin on holiday fare; and "unique" is the word for The Tractors.

Once a top-selling country group with awards and hit records
coming hand-over-fist, this FAR "too country for country" group has clung to the underside of country music and has reemerged on good ol' Audium Records to continue on with their good-timing boogie-woogie country sound.  "The Big Night" is their second Christmas CD.

Never straying too far from their own style and sound, this disc opens up with "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" (not to be confused with "Santa Claus is Comin' in a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train," off their first CD; instead it's a remake of "Boogie Woogie Country Girl" by Big Joe Turner), and shakes off in high style with a rockin' country boogie-woogie sound through original and old-timey Christmas tunes to keep the season merry.

There are always a hundred or more Christmas albums to choose from
when you're adding new ones to your collection, so it's got to be something special that'll make you grab hold of one.  Here, you'll find the Tractors singing merrily "I Was a Bad Boy This Year," the celebration of the guitar player in all of us, their toe-tapping rendition of "Run Run Rudolph," a janglin' good version of "Christmas Time's a' Comin'," and the cheerful, tongue-in-cheek "Bo Diddley Santa Claus."  You'll also find some fine, fine versions of Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper," the Christmas rock standard "Santa Claus is Back in Town," and "The Little Drummer Boy," proving that the Tractors can, indeed, do something more than boogie-woogie.

Steve Ripley knows how to bring together this group and make them
shine through their music.  It's not your standard fare, and that's what
makes it work so very well.