The Christmas Album (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album) explained

The Christmas Album
Type:	Album
Artist:	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Cover:	NGDB-Christmas.jpg
Released:	1997
Genre:	Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass
Length:	35:49
Label:	Rising Tide
Producer:	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Prev Title:	Acoustic
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Bang, Bang, Bang
Next Year:	1999

The Christmas Album is the 1997 album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. This album reached 93 on the US Country charts.

Track listing

1. "Colorado Christmas" (Steve Goodman) – 3:39
2. "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr., traditional arrangement) – 3:02
3. "Christmas Dinner" (Ernest Ford) – 2:12
4. "One Christmas Tree" (Jimmy Ibbotson, Jeff Hanna) – 4:06
5. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr, traditional arrangement) – 3:54
6. "This Christmas Morning" (Bob Carpenter) – 3:40
7. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, traditional arrangement) – 2:55
8. "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" (Edmund Sears, Arthur Sullivan, Richard Storrs Willis, traditional arrangement) – 3:16
9. "Love Has Brought Him Here" (Bob Carpenter, Tom Kell) – 3:04
10. "Little Drummer Boy" (Harry Simeone, Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati, traditional arrangement) – 3:04
11. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont, traditional arrangement) – 2:57

Personnel

• Jeff Hanna – vocals, guitar
• Jim Ibbotson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass
• Jimmie Fadden – drums, harmonica
• Bob Carpenter – vocals, keyboards

With

• Chris Engleman – electric bass
• Gary Lunn – electric bass

Special Guest Musicians

• Alison Krauss – vocals on "Colorado Christmas", fiddle on "We Three Kings"
• John McEuen – 5-string banjo on "Colorado Christmas" and "We Three Kings", mandolin on "Colorado Christmas"
• Richie Furay – vocals on "One Christmas Tree" and "This Christmas Morning"
• Vassar Clements – fiddle on "Christmas Dinner"

Production

• Producer – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

References

All information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.^[1]

Notes and References

1. A Christmas Album, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rising Tide rtd-53048 (1997) CD