Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas

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Bluegrass & White Snow
Studio album by Patty Loveless
Released	2002
Genre	Country
Label	Epic Records < Sony Music
Producer(s)	Emory Gordy, Jr.
Patty Loveless chronology
Mountain Soul (2001)	Bluegrass & White Snow (2002)	On Your Way Home (2003)

For her twelfth album, her first Christmas album, Patty Loveless, continues the bluegrass sounds of her previous Mountain Soul. The first half of Bluegrass & White Snow is mostly covers of well-known traditional Christmas tunes. There are new renditions of the familiar "Silver Bells" and "Christmas Time's a-Coming." Also among the best tunes are three new tunes, all co-written by Loveless and her producer-husband Emory Gordy, Jr.: "Santa Train," "Christmas Day at My House," and "Bluegrass, White Snow," the latter of which is supported by vocals from Dolly Parton and Ricky Skaggs. There is even a solely instrumental track on the album, "Carol of the Bells." (This would be the first and only track on a Patty Loveless album on which Loveless herself is absent.) The album rose as high as #20 on the Billboard Top Country albums chart.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 2:50
2. "Silent Night" (Joseph Mohr/Franz Gruber) – 3:14
3. "Joy to the World" [with Jon Randall] (Traditional) – 2:12
4. "Carol of the Bells" [instrumental] (Traditional) – 2:36
5. "The First Noel" (Traditional) – 2:17
6. "Little Drummer Boy" [with Rebecca Lynn Howard] (Katherine Davis/Henry Onorati/Harry Simeone) – 3:54
7. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) – 3:21
8. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Lewis H. Redner) – 3:46
9. "Christmas Time's a Comin'" (Tex Logan) – 3:36
10. "Santa Train" (Patty Loveless/Emory Gordy Jr) – 2:58
11. "Christmas Day at My House" (Patty Loveless/Emory Gordy Jr) – 2:25
12. "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" (Arthur Leroy Phipps) – 3:22
13. "Bluegrass, White Snow" (Patty Loveless/Emory Gordy Jr) – 3:21