Track Listing 1. Silent Night - Reba McEntire 2. Frosty the Snowman - Dan Tyminski 3. Please Come Home For Christmas - Willie Nelson 4. Just Put a Ribbon in Your Hair - Alan Jackson 5. Only You Can Bring Me Cheer (Gentleman's Lady) - Alison Krauss 6. Even Santa Gets the Blues - Marty Stuart 7. Jingle Bells - Earl Scruggs 8. Christmas Is Near - Ralph Stanley 9. O Come All Ye Faithful - Patty Loveless 10. O Holy Night - Wyonnna 11. Winter Wonderland - Pat Green 12. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Sam Bush 13. Away in a Manger - Ricky Skaggs 14. Christmas Time at Home - Rhonda Vincent 15. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Tift Merritt 16. Peace - Norah Jones
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes This CD supports the awareness for the Special Olympics. 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."
Editorial Reviews (12/19/03, p.74) - ...[This VERY SPECIAL collection] merits the name... - Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly (12/19/2003)
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?... Rolling Stone
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