2005 Michael McDonald – Through The Many Winters: A Christmas Album

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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

Musicians

BassMichael McDonald
DrumsShannon Forrest
Acoustic GuitarMichael McDonald
DulcimersMichael McDonald
OrganMichael McDonald
PianoMichael McDonald
SynthesizerMichael McDonald
ProgrammingShannon Forrest
AccordionMichael McDonald

Other Musicians

1 Silent Night

KeyboardsPat Coil
OrganPat Coil
SynthesizerPat Coil
PianoPat Coil
StringsAnthony Lamarchina
StringsConni Ellisor


2 O Holy Night

KeyboardsPat Coil
OrganPat Coil
SynthesizerPat Coil
PianoPat Coil
SaxMark Douthit
StringsAnthony Lamarchina
StringsConni Ellisor


3 Come, O Come Emanuel What Month Was Jesus Born In

GuitarJosh Henson
GuitarRussell Bono
Acoustic GuitarJosh Henson
KeyboardsPat Coil
OrganPat Coil
SynthesizerPat Coil
PianoPat Coil
SaxMark Douthit
Background VocalsDaniel Moore
Background VocalsDrea Rhenee
Background VocalsKabanya Vinson
Background VocalsRussell Bono


4 Deck The Halls Jingle Bells

GuitarJosh Henson
Acoustic GuitarJosh Henson


5 O Tannenbaum

SaxMark Douthit


6 Wexford Carol

BassJosh Henson
GuitarJosh Henson
Acoustic GuitarJosh Henson
FiddleStuart Duncan
VocalsAmy Holland


7 God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman

GuitarJosh Henson
Acoustic GuitarJosh Henson
Background VocalsDaniel Moore
Background VocalsDrea Rhenee
Background VocalsKabanya Vinson


8 Through The Many Winters

Acoustic GuitarTom Hemby
KeyboardsPat Coil
OrganPat Coil
SynthesizerPat Coil
PianoPat Coil
HarmonicaPat Bergeson


9 Christmas On The Bayou

FiddleStuart Duncan


10 Auld Lang Syne O Tannenbaum

SaxMark 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

Mastered At Yes Master
Mixed At Bingham Bend Studio, Leiper’s Fork, TN
Recorded At Bingham Bend Studio, Leiper’s Fork, TN
Copyright Hallmark Cards Inc
Copyright Universal International Music