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2005
Through The Many Winters
A Christmas Album
  1. Silent Night
  2. O Holy Night
  3. Come, O Come Emanuel / What Month Was Jesus Born
  4. Deck The Halls / Jingle Bells
  5. O Tannenbaum
  6. Wexford Carol
  7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  8. Through The Many Winters
  9. Christmas On The Bayou
  10. Auld Lang Syne / O Tannenbaum (reprise)

Album notes:

1. Silent Night (4:48)
(Traditional) ARR. of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Acoustic Guitar: Michael McDonald
Synthesizer: Pat Coil
Strings: Conni Ellisor / Anthony La Marchina
String Arrangements: Pat Coil
Guitar Adaptation: Michael McDonald

2. O Holy Night (5 :07)
(Traditional) ARR. of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Acoustic Guitar: Michael McDonald
Keyboards: Pat Coil
Bass: Michael McDonald
Drums: Shannon Forrest
Strings: Conni Ellisor / Anthony La Marchina
String Arrangements: Pat Coil
Tenor Sax: Mark Douthit
Guitar Adaptation: Michael McDonald

3. Come, O Come Emanuel / What Month Was Jesus Born (4:10)
(Traditional) ARR. of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Piano: Michael McDonald
Electric Guitar: Josh Henson
Bass: Michael McDonald
Drums: Shannon Forrest
B-3 Organ: Pat Coil
Tenor Sax: Mark Douthit
Additional Electric Guitar: Russ Bono
Background Vocals: Drea Rhenee / Daniel E. Moore II / Kabanya Vinson / Russ Bono / Michael McDonald

4. Deck The Halls / Jingle Bells (2:51)
(Traditional) ARR. of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Piano: Michael McDonald
Electric Guitar: Josh Henson
Bass: Michael McDonald
Drums: Shannon Forrest

5. O Tannenbaum (1:56)
(Traditional) ARR. of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Keyboard: Michael McDonald
Soprano Sax: Mark Douthit

6. Wexford Carol (5:02)
(Traditional) ARR. of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Vocals: Amy Holland McDonald
Acoustic Guitar / Electric Guitar: Josh Henson
Bass: Josh Henson
Drums: Shannon Forrest
Synths: Michael McDonald
Fiddle: Stuart Duncan
Dulcimer: Michael McDonald

7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (3:36)
(Traditional) ARR. of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Piano: Michael McDonald
Electric Guitar: Josh Henson
Synths: Michael McDonald
B-3 Organ: Michael McDonald
Bass: Michael McDonald
Drums: Shannon Forrest
Background Vocals: Drea Rhenee / Daniel E. Moore II / Kabanya Vinson

8. Through The Many Winters (6:51)
Words & Music By: Michael McDonald (ASCAP) and Amy Holland McDonald (ASCAP)
Publisher: Genevieve Publishing (ASCAP) adm. by Wixen Publishing, Calabasas, CA
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Rhodes: Michael McDonald
Piano / Keyboards: Pat Coil
Nylon String Guitar: Tom Hemby
Bass: Michael McDonald
Drums: Shannon Forrest
Harmonica: Pat Bergeson

9. Christmas On The Bayou (3:42)
Words & Music By: Michael McDonald (ASCAP) / Grady Walker (ASCAP) / Shannon Forrest (ASCAP)
Publisher: Genevieve Publishing (ASCAP) adm. by Wixen Publishing, Calabasas, CA
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Acoustic Guitar: Michael McDonald
Bass: Michael McDonald
Drums: Shannon Forrest
Fiddle: Stuart Duncan
Cajun Accordion: Michael McDonald

10. Auld Lang Syne / O Tannenbaum (reprise) (2:26)
(Traditional) ARR. Of TRAD. song by Michael McDonald
Vocals: Michael McDonald
Keyboard: Michael McDonald
Bass: Michael McDonald
Drums: Shannon Forrest
Tenor Sax: Mark Douthit


Producers: Michael McDonald / Shannon Forrest / Grady Walker
Programmer: Shannon Forrest
Engineer: Shannon Forrest
2nd Engineer: Grady Walker
Mastered by: Jim DeMain
Production Coordinator: Kathy Walker
Recorded and Mixed at: Bingham Bend Studio, Leiper’s Fork, TN
Mastered at: Yes, Master, Nashville, TN
Management: Vector Management, Nashville, TN, Ken Levitan, Joel Hoffner
Download a free Michael McDonald song at: www.michaelmcdonald.com


Special Thanks
I’d like to thank my wife, Amy, for her love and support and for lending her beautifull voice and lyric writing talents to this project. And to my kids for their tireless patience with Dad.

Thanks to Ann Herick and all the staff at Hallmark Cards, Teri Brown, along with Universal Music Group, Intl., for what has been a wonderful experience for me. To Ken Levitan, Joel Hoffner, and the staff at Vector Management. To Bernie Gudvi, Anna McNeal, and Joyce Maestro at Gudvi, Sussman and Oppenheim. To all of the singers, musicians, and technical people who helped in the making of this recording. To Jim DeMain and the staff at Yes, Master.
To Kathy Walker for her production assistance. To Quanna, Ethan, and Isaiah Forrest for their support and patience.
To my partners in production, Shannon Forrest and Grady Walker.

2005 Hallmark Licensing, Inc.
Universal International Music


Christmas Message From Michael
What Christmas expresses to us universally, beyond even what it represents to Christians specifically, is our innate belief that in our bleakest winters—wheter literal or metaphoric—there will always be some sign in the heavens or nature to guide us on our way. That we need only believe in a God of our understanding and trust in the power of doing the loving thing in all of our experiences.

As we live through the years, we come to understand the incredible privilege of loving someone. With that, I dedicate this record to all those I love—especially those truly great people who raised us and taught us to celebrate the holidays and life in good times and bad. To them I dedicate the song “Through The Many Winters.” It’s in these signs along the way we are reminded they are still with us.


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