The Johnny Cash Family Christmas is the 41st overall and second Christmas album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972. It is his second Christmas album, the first one being the 1963 release entitled The Christmas Spirit. The album includes less original Cash material than its predecessor and contains narrations and dialogue featuring his family and friends, between tracks. In all, three songs were written or co-written by Cash, while two, "Christmas as I Knew It" and "Silent Night", had been featured on The Christmas Spirit ("Silent Night" would, in fact, be featured on all four Johnny Cash Christmas albums). June Carter Cash, Marshall Grant, Tommy Cash, Harold Reid, Larry Butler (who was both Cash's piano player and record producer at this time), Maybelle Carter, Anita Carter, Carl Perkins and Lew DeWitt are among those featured on the album.
Track listing
Personnel
Johnny Cash - vocals, actor, guitar
Marshall Grant - bass, actor
WS Holland - drums
Bob Wootton – electric guitar
Carl Perkins – vocals, actor, electric guitar
Ray Edenton, Jerry Hensley, Jimmy Young - guitar
Norman Blake - guitar, banjo
Wayne Grey - mandolin
Charles Cochrane - piano
Larry Butler - keyboards, actor
Gary Gorsett - drums
Farrell Morris - percussion
The Carter Family - vocals
The Statler Brothers – vocals
June Carter, Tommy Cash, Harold Reid, Maybelle Carter, Anita Carter, Lew DeWitt - vocals, actors Technical Charlie Bragg, Mike Figlio, Roger Tucker - engineer Bill Barnes - art direction Mabey Trousdell - cover illustration
External links
Luma Electronic entry on The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
Johnny Cash albums
1972 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Columbia Records Christmas albums
Albums produced by Larry Butler (producer) Country Christmas albums