Merry Texas Christmas Y' All

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Product Details

• Original Release Date: September 30, 1997
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• Copyright: (P)1997 High Street Records, a unit of the windham hill group.
• Total Length: 42:52
• Genres: Miscellaneous/Holiday
• ASIN: B0013DACX8
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,381 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, upbeat CD, December 11, 1999

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Brian Bosh "Programmer" (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merry Texas Christmas Y' All (Audio CD)

Even as a non-country fan, I still enjoyed this bands up-beat and happy sound. If only it had been longer...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, upbeat and perfect for a happy season!, December 18, 1998

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This review is from: Merry Texas Christmas Y' All (Audio CD)

This is the happiest, most upbeat Christmas music I've ever heard. It'll bring a smile to your face instantly.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Upbeat swinging Christmas, Texas style, October 27, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merry Texas Christmas Y' All (Audio CD)

This is not one of those deadly-serious Christmas albums (which I also enjoy but in a different way) - it is obviously intended as a party album and makes ideal background music for Christmas.

Many of the songs will be familiar, but some are given new treatments, like Swingin' drummer boy and Swingin' silent night.

The set opens with a great version of Feliz Navidad, on which Ray Benson is joined by Tish Hinojosa (a brilliant but vastly under-rated singer) continuing with an amusing look at Christmas in jail and maintaining a light-hearted approach throughout. Fellow Texan Willie Nelson is featured on a couple of duets.

I always think that this type of album must be the hardest to record - it would be very easy to end up with something mediocre, but Ray and the boys have shown, once again, that it's possible to record an album of high quality which is also FUN.