Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II

Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released	September 10, 1991
Genre	Country, Cowboy Music, Christmas Music
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Cowboy Songs (1990) Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II (1991) Cowboy Songs III (1993)

Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II is Michael Martin Murphey's seventeenth album. This is Murphey's first album of Christmas music.^[1][2][3]

Track listing

1. "I Heard The Bells On Christmas / Old Time Christmas"
2. "Jolly Old St. Nicholas / The Christmas Letter"
3. "The Creak of the Leather"
4. "Christmas on the Line (The Line Rider's Christmas)"
5. "Sleigh Ride / Jingle Bells
6. "The Christmas Trail"
7. "Merry Texas Christmas You All"
8. "Ridin' Home On Christmas Eve"
9. "Corn, Water and Wood"
10. "The Cowboy Christmas Ball"
11. "Polka Medley: Good King Wenceslas / Under The Double Eagle / Redwing / Golden Slippers"
12. "Christmas Cowboy Style"
13. "Santa Claus Shottische"
14. "Two-Step `Round The Christmas Tree"
15. "Two Step Medley: Cotton-Eyed Joe / Deck the Halls / Buffalo Gals / Soldier's Joy / The Girl I Left Behind / Deck the Halls"
16. "Log Cabin Home in the Sky"
17. "Waltz Medley: O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum) / Put Your Little Foot (The Varsouvianna) / The Wes...
18. "Pearls in the Snow"
19. "Good Night Ladies / Auld Lang Syne"

Credits

• Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, arranger, producer, liner notes
• Debra Black – arranger, conductor
• Waddie Mitchell – speaking parts
• Riders in the Sky – vocals
• Don Edwards – arranger
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar, mandolin, background vocals, producer, arranger
• Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel
• Sonny Garrish – pedal steel
• David Schnaufer – hammer dulcimer
• Alisa Jones – hammer dulcimer
• Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin, mandola
• Carl Jackson – banjo
• Vince Farsetta – claw hammer banjo
• Dennis Burnside – piano
• Phil Naish – synthesizer
• Joey Miskulin – accordion, arranger
• David Hungate – electric bass
• Craig Hungate – acoustic bass
• Craig Nelson – acoustic bass
• Lonnie Wilson – percussion, drums
• The Kid Connection – background vocals
• Emily Estes – background vocals
• Lori Casteel – background vocals
• Dionne McGuire – background vocals
• Gary Janney – background vocals
• Carrie Gardner – background vocals
• Bethany Wright – background vocals
• Tommy Gardner – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals
• Rachel Howell – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Carol Elliott – production coordination
• Eric Prestidge – engineer
• Keith Compton – engineer
• Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer
• Marshall Morgan – mixing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Steven Whatley – cover design, design
• William Matthews – watercolor artwork

References

1. ^ Michael Martin Murphey Official website
2. ^ Music Match Guide
3. ^ Amazon.com