| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Music Group | | UPC: 00602498606780 | | Release Date: 10/21/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60616662 | | Item#: MW9TQY | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2003 Special Olympics, Inc.
(C) 2003 Special Olympics, Inc.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This CD supports the awareness for the Special Olympics. | | Personnel: David Wilson , John Jorgenson, Ron Block, Willie Nelson (guitar); Kenny Vaughn (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Marty Stuart, Jondan McBride (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Jon Randall (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Cody Kilby, Dann Huff, Emory Gordy, Chris Tondre, Randy Scruggs, B. James Lowry, J.T. Corenflos, Larry Beaird, Bruce Watkins, Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar); Larry Baxton (nylon-string guitar); Randy Kohrs, Rob Ickes (dobro); Stuart Duncan (banjo, mandolin, fiddle, background vocals); Ronnie Stewart, Earl Scruggs (banjo); Sam Bush (mandocello, mandola, mandolin); Glen Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Dan Tyminski (mandolin, bells); Mike Compton, Ricky Skaggs (mandolin); Brendon Anthony (violin); Jonathan Yudkin (fiddle, cello); Kenny Kosek, Andy Leftwich, Shad Cobb (fiddle); Vinnie Ciesielski (trumpet, flugelhorn); Roy Agee (trombone); Randy McCormick (piano, synthesizer); Greenwood Hart, Norah Jones, Rob Schwimmer (piano); Brandon Bush (Wurlitzer organ, glockenspiel); Mike Rojas , Gabe Dixon (keyboards); Kevin Grantt (acoustic bass, upright bass); Tony Garnier (acoustic bass); Barry Bales, Mark Fain (upright bass); Viktor Krauss (electric bass); Joe Mardin (drums, tubular bells); Harry Stinson (drums, percussion, background vocals); Justin Pollard (drums, percussion); Zeke Hutchins, Shannon Forrest, Chris Brown (drums); Eric Darken, Larry Atamanuik (percussion); John Wesley Ryles, Lisa Cochran, Marabeth Jordan, Patty Loveless, Vicki Hampton, Bergen White, Kim Fleming, Liana Manis, Louis Dean Nunley, Brian Glenn (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Ken Tondre; Gary Paczosa; Jay Newland; John Guess; John Kelton; Justin Niebank; Mark Hagen; Michael O'Reilly; Ray Kennedy; Ron Reynolds; Bil VornDick; Brent King. | | Liner Note Author: Eunice Kennedy Shriver. | | Recording information: Emerald ENtertainment, Nashville, TN; Emerald Studios, Nashville, TN; Minutiae Sound, Nashville, TN; Music City Studios, Gallatin, TN; Right Track Studios, New York, NY; Room And Board Studio, Nashville, TN; SCruggs Sound Studio, Nashville, TN; Seventeen Grand recording; Skaggs Place Recording Studio, Hendersonville, TN; Sorcerer SOund, New York, NY; Sound Station, Nashville, TN; Starstruck, Nashville, TN; Station West, Nashville, TN. | | Arrangers: Emory Gordy; Norro Wilson; Patty Loveless; Reba McEntire; Buddy Cannon. | | In the dense annual blizzard of holiday albums, A VERY SPECIAL ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS shines like a gleaming treetop star from a warm, inviting living room, thanks to its organic, no-frills approach and its remarkable lineup of performers. Dan Tyminski (of O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? fame) offers up a charming version of "Frosty the Snowman," while Willie Nelson lends his legendary voice and guitar playing to a fine take on "Please Come Home for Christmas." | | Alison Krauss contributes her surprisingly poppy "Only You Can Bring Me Cheer (Gentleman's Lady)," Marty Stuart confides that "Even Santa Claus Gets the Blues," and Pat Green saunters through a relaxed "Winter Wonderland." Bringing the Yuletide album to an appropriate close is Norah Jones, in a beautiful solo rendition of Horace Silver's "Peace." |
Producer: Dan Tyminski; Dann Huff; Darrin Vincent; Emory Gordy, Jr.; Keith Stegall; Alison Krauss; Norro Wilson; Peter Collins; Randy Scruggs; Reba McEntire; Rhonda Vincent; Ricky Skaggs; Arif Mardin; Sam Bush; Viktor Krauss; Justin Pollard; Buddy Cannon |
Engineer: Ken Tondre; Drew Bollman; Matt Rovey; Derek Bason; Emory Gordy, Jr.; Gary Paczosa; Jason Lehning; Jay Newland; John Kelton; Lee Groitzsch; Luke Wooten; Mark Hagen; Michael O'Reilly; Ray Kennedy; Ron "Snake" Reynolds; Tony Castle; Billy Sherrill; Brent Kin |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/21/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 000103802 | | Label : Lost Highway Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602498606780 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/25/03-1/8/04, p.122)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...[A] classy country-and-bluegrass benefit [that] avoids Nashville crassness in favor of an album suggesting O SANTA, WHERE ART THOU?..."Entertainment Weekly (12/19/03, p.74)
- (12/19/03, p.74)
- "...[This VERY SPECIAL collection] merits the name..." - Rating: B |
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