Music Review

Holiday Heroes (1995)

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performances: Mavis Staples and Various Artists; Genre: R&B

Hoilday Heroes Not to be a Scrooge, but this nobly intentioned soul album (to benefit Feed the Children) has an embalmed aura. Only Donnie Fritts' ''Sears Roebuck Santa Claus'' counters the humorless hand-wringing. And not one of the Hall of Fame candidates (Mavis Staples, Chi-Lites) cuts as deep as Huey Lewis sideman Johnny Colla, who at least seems sprightly. B-

Originally posted Dec 22, 1995 Published in issue #306 Dec 22, 1995 Order article reprints

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