There’s only one certainty in the realm of vault material released by Warren Haynes and the Gov’t Mule camp: we don’t know when any of it will see the light of day, but there will be more—and eventually, we’ll get it all.

With so many projects going on at once—Haynes is among everything else an idea man—there’s been a number of false starts for various promised projects (we’re still waiting for the official releases, for example, of those zany, jazz-rock blowouts the Mule cut with John Scofield in Georgia in 1999). But patience is rewarded, and if Haynes and his producers have painted themselves into a corner by calling this chronicle of the 2006 Christmas Jam Vol. 8 — now you’ve teed us up for Vols. 3-7, Mr. Haynes—we know they’ll get ’round to it eventually. What fun it must be to be a point person in the Mule archives. READ ON for more on this DVD…

Warren Haynes is easily the hardest working man in jam. Between splitting time in the Allman Brothers and Gov’t Mule, the guitar-slinger is also the default go-to guy if you’re looking for a sit-in. I’m convinced that much like a Shazzan, if you shout his name at a show he’s obligated to appear. In addition to his on-stage work, each year the affable Haynes puts together his X-Mas Jam to benefit Habitat For Humanity.

So why am I telling you all of this? Well for our latest installment of Everybody Wins When We Plug Something And In Return They Offer Us Free Shit To Give Away we’ve got two copies of Warren’s XMas Jam benefit concert DVD up for grabs. Just follow the rules below:

• To enter the contest leave a comment below telling us about your favorite Warren Haynes sit-in in 50 words of less
• Your comment must be left by 11:59 PM EST on Sunday July 27th
• Don’t be greedy, only one entry per person
• Two winners will be selected at random from entries that follow the rules
• Winners receive a copy of Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert, Volume 8

More info on the DVDs after the jump…

With Peter Frampton, Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby and Bernie Worrell taking a lead role at Warren Haynes’ 19th Annual Xmas Jam in lovely Ashevegas, we were a bit unsure whether this year’s charity proceeds would be headed for the Habitat for Humanity coffers as usual or whether they’d already been spent on gallons of prune juice and Oops I Crapped My Pants for the green room.

But our man on the scene tells us the aging rockers brought their best, and combined with Grace Potter, G. Love, Jerry Joseph, Eric McFadden and the most excellent host, the Xmas Jam didn’t disappoint in the slightest.

The hometown Citizen Times has provided plenty of videos and pictures in its yearly wrap-up and in a special Smasheville section, and you can already download most of the concert (see below), but we asked frequent HT commenter and first-time contributor Frank Sturges to put a bow on the Xmas Jam proceedings, and he and his crew gave out the following awards at a ceremony that took place at the Waldorf Astoria earlier today.

Set of the night: Peter Frampton
The joke’s easy, but Frampton really came alive. We got some Humble Pie, a blues jam with Warren, a Motown tune, and most importantly, the sickest one-two punch I’ve ever seen at an Xmas Jam to close the set. A huge Do You Feel Like We Do followed by While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Read on for more awards, photos, setlists and downloads from Xmas Jam…

Warren Haynes’ 19th Annual X-Mas Jam hits Ashevegas, NC in about six weeks, and the hardest workin’ dressed-down man in the music business finally dropped the lineup on us. Bring your AARP discount cards: Outside of Grace Potter, it ain’t a young lineup, boasting Jackson Browne, Peter Frampton, Col. Bruce Hampton, Gen. Bruce Hornsby and more…read on for the initial list of performers.