Brad Paisley Christmas is the first Christmas album and fifth studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley . It was released on October 10, 2006, by Arista Nashville . His first album of Christmas music , features a mix of traditional Christmas songs and newly written songs. The track "Born on Christmas Day" was written by Paisley when he was thirteen years old, and the recording features elements from a recording Paisley made of the song in 1985. Also included is a cover of Buck Owens ' "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy". Also included is "Kung Pao Buckaroo Holiday", a parody on political correctness .
Bill Anderson , George Jones and Little Jimmy Dickens – The "Kung Pao Buckaroos" (11.1)
Jim "Moose" Brown – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
Randle Currie – steel guitar
Eric Darken – percussion
Addie Davis, Thomas Griffith, Erica Haines, Shannon Love Hartt and Allison Smith – kids choir (5)
Little Jimmy Dickens – lead vocals (12)
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar, upright bass
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle *
Wes Hightower – backing vocals
Mike Johnson – dobro , steel guitar
Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
Brad Paisley – lead vocals (1-6, 8-11), acoustic guitar, electric guitars, arrangements (4, 7, 8)
Frank Rogers – arrangements (4, 7, 8)
Manny Rogers – kid voice (6)
Ben Sesar – drums
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolin
Sarah Valley – kids choir director and contractor (5)
Justin Williamson – fiddle
The Nashville String Machine
David Angell, Kirsten Cassel, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Pamela Sixfin and Kristin Wilkinson – string players
John Hobbs and Kristin Wilkinson – arrangements
John Hobbs – conductor
Richard Barrow – recording
Drew Bollman – additional recording, mix assistant
Brady Barnett – digital editing
Neal Cappellino – additional recording
The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
Judy Forde-Blair – creative production, liner notes
Tyler Moles – digital editing
Justin Niebank – mixing
Brad Paisley – cover design, package design
Katy Robbins – stylist
Frank Rogers – producer
Jim Shea – photography
David Schober – additional recording, recording assistant
Steve Short – recording assistant
Katherine Stratton – package design
Lori Turk – grooming
Hank Williams – mastering
Brian David Willis – additional recording, digital editing
Mixed and Edited at Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).
Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).
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