Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released	September 10, 1991
Recorded	Omni Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country, cowboy music, Christmas music
Length	45:45
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Cowboy Songs (1990) Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II (1991) Cowboy Songs III (1993)

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Allmusic	[1]

Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II is the seventeenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, his second album of cowboy songs, and his first album of Christmas music. ^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

1. "I Heard The Bells On Christmas" / "Old Time Christmas" (Caskin, Kiskaddon, Longfellow) – 2:24
2. "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" / "The Christmas Letter" (Mitchell) – 2:39
3. "The Creak of the Leather" (Kiskaddon) – 0:26
4. "Christmas on the Line (The Line Rider's Christmas)" (Murphey, Raines) – 3:08
5. "Sleigh Ride" / "Jingle Bells" (Anderson, Parish, Pierpont) – 2:39
6. "The Christmas Trail" (Clark, Edwards) – 3:13
7. "Merry Texas Christmas You All" (Harris, Miller) – 2:11
8. "Ridin' Home On Christmas Eve" (Green) – 2:46
9. "Corn, Water and Wood" (Elliott, Waldman) – 3:10
10. "The Cowboy Christmas Ball" (Chittenden) – 3:35
11. Polka Medley: "Good King Wenceslas" / "Under The Double Eagle" / "Redwing" / "Golden Slippers" – 1:48
12. "Christmas Cowboy Style" (Murphey, Quist) – 3:11
13. "Santa Claus Shottische" – 1:23
14. "Two-Step `Round The Christmas Tree" (Bogguss, Crider) – 2:33
15. Two Step Medley: "Cotton-Eyed Joe" / "Deck the Halls" / "Buffalo Gals" / "Soldier's Joy" / "The Girl I Left Behind" / "Deck the Halls" – 1:58
16. "Log Cabin Home in the Sky" (Heron) – 2:39
17. Waltz Medley: "O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)" / "Put Your Little Foot (The Varsouvianna)" / "The Westfalia Waltz" / "Over the Waves (The Skaters' Waltz)" / "O Christmas Tree" – 2:30
18. "Pearls in the Snow" (Murphey, Quist, Dunn) – 3:08
19. "Good Night Ladies" / "Auld Lang Syne" – 1:17 ^{[2] [3]}

Credits

Music

• Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, arranger, producer, liner notes
• Debra Black – arranger, conductor
• Waddie Mitchell – speaking parts
• Suzy Bogguss - vocals (Two-Step 'Round The Christmas Tree)
• 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

Production

• 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 ^{[2] [3]}

References

External links

• Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website