2005 Michael McDonald – Through The Many Winters: A Christmas Album
Through the Many Winters, A Christmas Album is a 2005 Christmas album by Michael McDonald. It was one of the first in the longstanding series of annual seasonal albums commissioned and retailed by Hallmark Cards to have reliable sales figures published, despite being sold through Hallmark’s 4,000 card franchise shops, rather than through normal record shops in the Billboard chart system. The album was released three weeks before Thanksgiving, and reached Gold status (500,000 copies sold) two weeks after its release.
Tracks
1 Silent Night (Traditional) 04:47
2 O Holy Night (Traditional) 05:06
3 Come, O Come Emanuel What Month Was Jesus Born In (Traditional) 04:10
4 Deck The Halls Jingle Bells (Traditional) 02:50
5 O Tannenbaum (Traditional) 01:55
6 Wexford Carol (Traditional) 05:01
7 God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman (Traditional) 03:35
8 Through The Many Winters (Amy Holland; Michael McDonald) 06:51
9 Christmas On The Bayou (Grady Walker; Michael McDonald; Shannon Forrest) 03:41
10 Auld Lang Syne O Tannenbaum (Traditional) 02:26
Media
Musicians
| Bass | Michael McDonald |
| Drums | Shannon Forrest |
| Acoustic Guitar | Michael McDonald |
| Dulcimers | Michael McDonald |
| Organ | Michael McDonald |
| Piano | Michael McDonald |
| Synthesizer | Michael McDonald |
| Programming | Shannon Forrest |
| Accordion | Michael McDonald |
Other Musicians
1 Silent Night
| Keyboards | Pat Coil |
| Organ | Pat Coil |
| Synthesizer | Pat Coil |
| Piano | Pat Coil |
| Strings | Anthony Lamarchina |
| Strings | Conni Ellisor |
2 O Holy Night
| Keyboards | Pat Coil |
| Organ | Pat Coil |
| Synthesizer | Pat Coil |
| Piano | Pat Coil |
| Sax | Mark Douthit |
| Strings | Anthony Lamarchina |
| Strings | Conni Ellisor |
3 Come, O Come Emanuel What Month Was Jesus Born In
| Guitar | Josh Henson |
| Guitar | Russell Bono |
| Acoustic Guitar | Josh Henson |
| Keyboards | Pat Coil |
| Organ | Pat Coil |
| Synthesizer | Pat Coil |
| Piano | Pat Coil |
| Sax | Mark Douthit |
| Background Vocals | Daniel Moore |
| Background Vocals | Drea Rhenee |
| Background Vocals | Kabanya Vinson |
| Background Vocals | Russell Bono |
4 Deck The Halls Jingle Bells
| Guitar | Josh Henson |
| Acoustic Guitar | Josh Henson |
5 O Tannenbaum
| Sax | Mark Douthit |
6 Wexford Carol
| Bass | Josh Henson |
| Guitar | Josh Henson |
| Acoustic Guitar | Josh Henson |
| Fiddle | Stuart Duncan |
| Vocals | Amy Holland |
7 God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
| Guitar | Josh Henson |
| Acoustic Guitar | Josh Henson |
| Background Vocals | Daniel Moore |
| Background Vocals | Drea Rhenee |
| Background Vocals | Kabanya Vinson |
8 Through The Many Winters
| Acoustic Guitar | Tom Hemby |
| Keyboards | Pat Coil |
| Organ | Pat Coil |
| Synthesizer | Pat Coil |
| Piano | Pat Coil |
| Harmonica | Pat Bergeson |
9 Christmas On The Bayou
| Fiddle | Stuart Duncan |
10 Auld Lang Syne O Tannenbaum
| Sax | Mark Douthit |
Liner Notes
Producer – Grady Walker, Michael McDonald, Shannon Forrest
Arranged By (String) – Pat Coil (Tracks 1, 2)
Coordinator – Kathy Walker
Engineer – Shannon Forrest
Engineer (Second) – Grady Walker
Mastered By – Jim DeMain
Copyright (c) – Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Universal International Music
Distributed By – Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Manufactured By – Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Mastered At – Yes Master
Mixed At Bingham Bend Studio, Leiper’s Fork, TN
Recorded At Bingham Bend Studio, Leiper’s Fork, TN