Merry Christmas Wherever You Are is the second Christmas album by George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. It has his versions of many classic Christmas songs, as well as the newly penned tracks "I Know What I Want for Christmas", "Old Time Christmas", "Noel Leon", "Santa's on His Way" and the title track.
Track listing
Personnel George Strait – lead vocals, acoustic guitar Jim Cox – keyboards, acoustic piano Steve Nathan – keyboards, acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars Dean Parks – electric guitars Paul Franklin – steel guitar Glenn Worf – bass Eddie Bayers – drums Eric Darken – percussion Larry Franklin – fiddle The Nashville String Machine – strings Russell Mauldin – string and group vocal arrangements, conductor Wes Hightower – backing vocals Liana Manis – backing vocals Group vocals Lisa Cochran Travis Cottrell Tim Davis Stephanie Hall Jon Mark Ivey Marabeth Jordon Lisa Silver Dennis Wilson
Production Tony Brown – producer George Strait – producer Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing Mark Rolston – second engineer Tim Waters – second engineer Greg Fogie – assistant engineer Justin Niebank – overdub recording Eric Conn – digital editing Carlos Grier – digital editing Denny Purcell – mastering Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant Georgetown Masters (Nashville, TN) – editing and mastering location Jessie Noble – project coordinator Team Design – art direction, design Slick Lawson – photography Virginia Team – photography
Chart positions Chart (1999) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 10 U.S. Billboard 200 78
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