I Wish I Was Santa Claus
2004 studio album by Merle Haggard
I Wish I Was Santa Claus | ||||
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Studio album by Merle Haggard | ||||
Released | October 26, 2004 | |||
Genre | Country, Christmas | |||
Length | 30:55 | |||
Label | Smith Music Group | |||
Producer | Merle Haggard, Lou Bradley | |||
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I Wish I Was Santa Claus is the fifty-sixth studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Merle Haggard. It was released on October 26, 2004 on the Smith Music Group label.
Reception
The AllMusic review states "It sounds pretty much as you'd expect, especially given the cover art, but this collision of Bakersfield country music and traditional Christmas material has a certain charm..."[1]
Track listing
- "El Niño" (Moore, Willie Nelson) – 2:36
- "I Wish I Were Santa Claus" (Raymond McDonald) – 2:33
- "Christmas in Cabo San Lucas" (Colosio, Dyer, Joss, Williams) – 3:15
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:18
- "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 2:16
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:15
- "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:46
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kent Gannon, James Gannon, Buck Ram) – 2:58
- "Santa Claus & Popcorn" (Haggard) – 2:06
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:34
- "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:37
- "If We Make It Through December" (Haggard) – 2:41
Personnel
- Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
- Don Markham – horn, trumpet, background vocals
- April Anderson – background vocals
- Theresa Lane Haggard – background vocals
- Johnnie Barber – drums
- Doug Colosio – piano, background vocals
- Scott Joss – fiddle, guitar, background vocals
- Abe Manuel Jr. – guitar
- Joe Manuel – guitar
- Randy Mason – guitar
- Norman Stevens – guitar, background vocals
- Kevin Williams – bass, background vocals
References
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- The Strangers
- Biff Adam
- Jimmy Belken
- Eddie Burris
- Gary Church
- Wayne Durham
- George French
- Dennis Hromek
- Don Markham
- Johnny Meeks
- Marcia Nichols
- Ronnie Reno
- Clint Strong
- Jim Tittle
- Jerry Ward
- Bobby Wayne
- Mark Yeary
- Strangers
- Swinging Doors ‡
- I'm a Lonesome Fugitive ‡
- Branded Man ‡
- Sing Me Back Home ‡
- The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde ‡
- Mama Tried ‡
- Pride in What I Am ‡
- Same Train, a Different Time ‡
- A Portrait of Merle Haggard ‡
- A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) ‡
- Hag ‡
- Someday We'll Look Back ‡
- Let Me Tell You About a Song ‡
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) ‡
- If We Make It Through December ‡
- Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album ‡
- Keep Movin' On ‡
- It's All in the Movies ‡
- My Love Affair with Trains ‡
- The Roots of My Raising ‡
- Ramblin' Fever
- A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today ‡
- My Farewell to Elvis
- I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
- Serving 190 Proof
- The Way I Am
- Back to the Barrooms
- Big City
- Going Where the Lonely Go
- That's the Way Love Goes
- It's All in the Game
- Kern River
- Out Among the Stars
- A Friend in California
- Chill Factor
- 5:01 Blues
- Blue Jungle
- 1994
- 1996
- If I Could Only Fly
- Roots, Volume 1
- The Peer Sessions
- Haggard Like Never Before
- Unforgettable
- Chicago Wind
- The Bluegrass Sessions
- I Am What I Am
- Working in Tennessee
- Songs I'll Always Sing
- Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
- His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)
- Down Every Road 1962–1994
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
- Okie from Muskogee ‡
- The Fightin' Side of Me ‡
- I Love Dixie Blues ‡
- Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium
- The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
- Amber Waves of Grain
- The Land of Many Churches ‡
- Songs for the Mama That Tried
- Cabin in the Hills
- Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)
- Merle Haggard's Christmas Present
- Goin' Home for Christmas
- I Wish I Was Santa Claus
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‡ indicates a release performed with The Strangers