Christmas is the seventh album released by the Sons of the San Joaquin. It marks the first independently produced and released Sons recording since 1991's Bound for the Rio Grande

Bound for the Rio Grande

Bound For the Rio Grande is the second Sons of the San Joaquin album. It was independently produced and distributed and contains songs written by or notably recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers.-Track listing:-Personnel:Sons of the San Joaquin...

. The songs are all Christmas standards. There would not be an original Sons-related Christmas recording until member Lon Hannah's solo album featured a lone Christmas song called "Cowboy Christmas," which was a reworking by Sons associate Bill Thornbury of Percy Faith

Percy Faith

Percy Faith was a Canadian-born American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with creating the "easy listening" or "mood music" format which became staples of American popular music in the 1950s and...

 and Spencer Maxwell's "Christmas Is."

Track listing

Personnel

Sons of the San Joaquin

• Jack Hannah
• Joe Hannah
• Lon Hannah

Additional personnel

• Kip Lewis - drums
• Darrell Devaurs - piano
• John Lauffenburger - bass
• Eddie Gordon - harmonica
• Ray Appleton - harmonica
• Mike Dana - acoustic guitar, Tacoma papoose, orchestral arrangements
• Dennis Mack - acoustic guitar, Tacoma papoose, accordion
• Lon Hannah - acoustic guitar, Tacoma papoose
• Richard Chon - fiddle
• FAT City Strings - strings
• FAT City Brass - brass
• Ron Catalano - clarinet

Production

• Sons of the San Joaquin - executive producers
• Jeff Hall - executive producer, producer, engineer
• Lon Hannah - producer
• Vince Warner - engineer
• WagonMaster - photography
• Ed. Kesterson - cover design