The Christmas Album (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)
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The Christmas Album is the 1997 album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (aka The Dirt Band) is notable for having many charting albums and singles. This album reached 93 on the US Country charts.
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Special Guest
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded...
. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (aka The Dirt Band) is notable for having many charting albums and singles. This album reached 93 on the US Country charts.
Track listing
- "Colorado Christmas" (Steve Goodman) - 3:39
- "We Three KingsWe Three Kings"We Three Kings", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the lyrics and the music. It is suggested to have been written in 1857 but did not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns...
" (Trad Arr) - 3:00 - "Christmas Dinner" (Ernest Ford) - 2:12
- "One Christmas Tree" (Jimmy Ibbotson / Jeff Hanna) - 4:04
- "Silent NightSilent Night"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
" (Trad Arr) - 3:53 - "This Christmas Morning" (Bob Carpenter) - 3:39
- "Silver Bells" (Trad Arr) - 2:54
- "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (Trad Arr) - 3:15
- "Love Has Brought Him Here" (Bob Carpenter / Tom Kell) - 3:03
- "Little Drummer BoyLittle Drummer Boy"The Little Drummer Boy," originally known as "Carol of the Drum," is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer/teacher Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. It was recorded 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers and further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry...
" (Trad Arr) - 3:04 - "Jingle BellsJingle Bells"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
" (Trad Arr) - 2:57
Personnel
- Jeff Hanna - Vocals, Guitars
- Jim Ibbotson - Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin, Bass
- Jimmie Fadden - Drum, Harmonica
- Bob Carpenter - Vocals, Keyboards
With
- Chris Engleman - Electric Bass
- Gary Lunn - Electric Bass
Special Guest
- Alison KraussAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
- Vocals on "Colorado Christmas", Fiddle "We Three Kings" - John McEuenJohn McEuenJohn McEuen , is an American folk musician and entertainer. He was one of the earliest members of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He played with the band from 1966 to 1986, and returned in 2001.The group prior to that 'dissolved' a few times briefly, but none as long as in 1968, right after spending 4...
- 5-String Banjo on "Colorado Christmas" & "We Three Kings", Mandolin "Colorado Chritmas" - Richie FurayRichie FurayRichie Furay is an American singer, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member who is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner...
- Vocals on "One Christmas" & "This Christmas Morning" - Vassar ClementsVassar ClementsVassar Clements was a Grammy Award- winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical...
- Fiddle on "Christmas Dinner"