The King's Gift Explained
| The King's Gift |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Trace Adkins |
| Cover: | kingsgift.jpg |
| Released: | October 29, 2013 |
| Recorded: | Early 2013 |
| Genre: | Country, Christmas |
| Length: | 41:42 |
| Label: | Caliburn Records |
| Producer: | Jon Coleman
Michael Spriggs |
| Prev Title: | Love Will... |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | 10 Great Songs: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
The King's Gift is the fifteenth studio album, and the first Christmas album released in 2013 by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It is his first album of Christmas music and an album of classic Christmas Carols performed in Celtic style.
Personnel
- Wayne Addleman - Weissenborn
- Trace Adkins - lead vocals
- Kenny Aronoff - drums on "Carol of the Drum"
- Spady Brannen - bass guitar
- Steve Brewster - drums, percussion
- Skip Cleavinger - tin whistle, uilleann pipes
- Jon Coleman - Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, synthesizer pads, background vocals
- Kevin Conoff - bodhrán on "I Saw Three Ships"
- Kevin Costner - vocals on "Silent Night"
- Lily Costner - vocals on "Silent Night"
- Mark Gillespie - mandolin
- David Goodman - Irish whistle, small pipes
- Becky Issacs - vocals on "Oh Holy Night"
- Ben Isaacs - vocals on "Oh Holy Night "
- Sonya Isaacs - vocals on "We Three Kings"
- Steve Mackey - bass guitar
- Paddy Moloney - penny whistle and uilleann pipes on "I Saw Three Ships"
- Triona Marshall - harp
- Alyth McCormack - vocals on "I Saw Three Ships"
- Jon Pilatzky - fiddle
- Paul Reissner - background vocals
- Deannie Richardson - percussion
- Perry Richardson - background vocals
- Michael Spriggs - bouzouki, baritone guitar, nylon string guitar
- Emma Stevens - vocals on "O' Come Emmanuel" and "Away in a Manger"
- Jeff White - acoustic guitar
- Brian Wooten - electric guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin - cello, Irish harp, mandolin, violin
