Once Again It's Christmas
Once Again It's Christmas is the 28th studio album by Kenny Rogers, released in 2015. A holiday album, it features such musical acts as Alison Krauss, Winfield's Locket and Jennifer Nettles. As of January 2016, 34,900 copies were sold in the United States.
Personnel
- Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
- Pat Coil – acoustic piano, Rhodes electric piano, synthesizers, Hammond B3 organ
- John Hobbs – Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, synthesizers
- Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
- Jim Brickman – acoustic piano
- Troy Welstad – Hammond B3 organ
- Steve Sundholm – programming
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- John Willis – acoustic guitar
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandocello
- Randy Dorman – electric guitar
- Tim Ellis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Keith Sommers – electric guitar
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
- Paul Brainard – pedal steel guitar
- Viktor Krauss – bass
- Colby Hendricks – bass
- Steve Brewster – drums
- Mike Braun – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Pat Bergeson – harmonica
- Denis Solee – tenor saxophone
- George Tidwell – trumpet
- Warren Hartman – arrangements
- Larry Hall – orchestra, orchestral arrangements
- Bergen White – orchestral arrangements, harmony vocal arrangements
- Darren Rust – arrangements
- Ted Sampson – additional vocal concept arrangement
- Winfield's Locket – vocals
- Jennifer Nettles – vocals
- Alison Krauss – vocals
- Home Free – vocals
- Tania Hancheroff
- Mark Ivey
- Shane McConnell
- Lisa Silver
- Kira Small
- Bergen White
- Perry Coleman
- Vicki Hampton
- Cindy Walker
- Rachel Hamar
- Michelle Sundholm
- Steve Sundholm
Production
- Rebekah Gordon – A&R direction
- Jason Henke – A&R direction
- Cris Lacy – A&R direction
- Warren Hartman – producer
- Kyle Lehning – producer
- Darren Rust – producer
- Steve Sundholm – producer
- Jim Brickman – producer
- Paige Connors – production coordinator
- Katherine Petillo – art direction, design
- Shane Tarleton – creative director
- Piper Ferguson – photography
- Kenny Rogers – cover photography
- Bob Burwell, Jason Henke and Ken Levitan for Vector Management – personal management
- Kevin Dalton and Dwight Wiles for Smith Wiles & Co. – business management
- Lisa Ray – brand management
- Greg Oswald for WME Entertainment – booking
- Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix
- Casey Wood – recording
- Kyle Lehning – mixing
- Jordan Lehning – vocal recording, digital editing, recording assistant
- Kevin Sokolnicki – vocal recording, additional recording
- Darren Rust – recording, mixing
- Steve Sundholm – mixing
- Chris Ashburn – recording assistant
- Shawn Daugherty – recording assistant
- Justin Francis – recording assistant
- Jason Mott – recording assistant