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Genre: Country
Release Date: 11/04/2008

Previously released in 1994 as Seven Gates: A Christmas Album, this Christmas record features steel guitar influences from New Orleans, Nashville, and Hawaii. Ben Keith, a longtime Neil Young collaborator, convenes a cast of many to deliver a seasonal instrumental/vocal combo of "country-folk new age." The sound is pastoral and unassuming, but imbued with a rootsy serenity and stamped with the cachet of guest turns by Young, Johnny Cash, J.J. Cale, and Nicolette Larson. Particularly fascinating is Young holding his own with a 27-member boys choir on "Greensleeves."

~Roch Parisien, All Music Guide

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Rufus Thibodeaux - Fiddle
Johnny Cash - Vocals
J.J. Cale - Guitar
Neil Young - Guitar
Neil Young - Vocals
Neil Young - Producer
Neil Young - Organ (Pump)
Nicolette Larson - Vocals
Pat McLaughlin - Bass
Pat McLaughlin - Guitar
Pat McLaughlin - Mandolin
Pat McLaughlin - Vocals
Rusty Kershaw - Dobro
Rusty Kershaw - Guitar
Rusty Kershaw - Triangle
Rusty Kershaw - Vocals
Mark Howard - Guitar
Mark Howard - Mandolin
Mark Howard - Ukulele
Ben Keith - Dobro
Ben Keith - Arranger
Ben Keith - Guitar (Steel)
Ben Keith - Vocals
Ben Keith - Producer
Ben Keith - Slide Guitar
Ben Keith - Vibraphone
Ben Keith - Design
Ben Keith - Mixing
Ben Keith - Orchestra Bells
Gene Rabbai, Jr. - Keyboards
Gene Rabbai, Jr. - Producer
Mickey Raphael - Harmonica
Grant Boatwright - Guitar
Oscar Butterworth - Photography
Jack Clement - Dobro
Jack Clement - Guitar
Charles Cochran - Keyboards
Larry Cragg - Oboe
Jeff Foster - Vocals
John Hausman - Assistant
Keith Keller - Engineer
Kenny Malone - Percussion
Adam Miller - Vocals
Ralph Molina - Vocals
Tim Mulligan - Engineer
Tim Mulligan - Digital Editing
Tim Mulligan - Mastering
John Nowland - Vocals
John Nowland - Engineer
John Nowland - Mixing
Larry Paxton - Bass
Paul Santos - Vocals
Gove Scrivenor - Autoharp
Astrid Young - Vocals
Rebecca Burns - Photography
Brenda Burns - Photography
Pamela Brown Hayes - Vocals
Pegi Young - Vocals
William L. Dawson - Vocals
Alex Diaz - Vocals
Kathryn Garcia Smith - Vocal Coach
Rebecca Holland - Design
Rebecca Holland - Paintings
Joe Allen - Bass
Tommy Ramirez - Photography
Gary Davis - Percussion
Michael Wood - Vocals
Roberto Barruetto - Vocals
Bobby Bohannon - Vocals
Dominic Fagundes - Vocals
Noah Frank - Vocals
Golden Gate Boys Choir & Bell Ringers - Vocals
Theresa Linb Ho - Administrative Assistant
Becky Lloyd - Photography
Noah Mewes - Vocals
John Kevin Mulkey - Vocals
Gene Mundy - Photography
Jon Napier Morales - Vocals
Michael Null - Vocals
Adrian Paredes - Vocals
Phillip Paredes - Vocals
Torrey Rigan - Vocals
Benjamin Seeberger - Vocals
Adam Skory - Vocals
Zachary Smedley - Vocals
Luke Stalcup - Vocals
Gustavo Stoll - Vocals
Lisa Veneziano - Photography
Samuel Wilkinson - Vocals
Eddy Wunch - Vocals

Alabama Christmas
    Alabama / CD / 1985
We Three Kings
    The Roches / CD / 1990
Christmas
    Tim Janis / CD / 1999
Christmas Worship
    John Tesh / CD / 2002
Let It Be Christmas
    Alan Jackson / CD / 2002
Windham Hill Holiday Guitar Collection
    Various Artists / CD / 2006
Homecoming
    Jim Brickman / CD / 2007

Release Date: 11/04/2008
Genre: ctry