McGARRIGLE FAMILY & FRIENDS — A NOT SO SILENT NIGHT





UK DVD: Revelation PAR61470
US DVD: KNFDVD44
original release date: October 2009


Old Waits Carol
3:27
traditional
Family chorus
Good King Wenceslas
2:49
traditional
Martha Wainwright: lead vocal & backing vocal
Kate McGarrigle: lead vocal, backing vocal & piano
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
Sloan Wainwright: backing vocal
Big Bright Beautiful Tree
3:44
Sloan Wainwright & Sue K. Riley
Sloan Wainwright: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & piano
no McGarrigles
Christmas Spells
3:17
Justin Bond
Justin Bond: lead vocal
unknown: piano
Some Children See Him
4:22
Alfred Burt & Wihla Hutson
Rufus Wainwright: lead vocal & backing vocal
Martha Wainwright: lead vocal & backing vocal
Family chorus
Cherry Tree Carol
4:02
traditional
Lily Lanken: lead vocal
Chaim Tannenbaum: lead vocal & banjo
Kate McGarrigle: banjo
Anna McGarrigle: accordion
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
4:54
Frank Loesser
Rufus Wainwright: lead vocal
Chaim Tannenbaum: lead vocal & mandolin
Trois Anges Sont Venus Ce Soi
3:22
traditional
Martha Wainwright: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & piano
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
I ll Be Home For Christmas
2:32
Buck Ram, Kim Gannon & Walter Kent
Martha Wainwright: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: piano
Blue Christmas
5:14
Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson
Lou Reed: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Chaim Tannenbaum: mandolin
Laurie Anderson: violin
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & piano
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal & accordion
Martha Wainwright: backing vocal
Rufus Wainwright: lead vocal & backing vocal
Little Town Of Bethlehem
3:48
Philip Brooks & Lewis H. Redner
Emmylou Harris: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
Chaim Tannenbaum: backing vocal
Sloan Wainwright: backing vocal
Rufus Wainwright: backing vocal
Counting Stars
3:06
Ian Vincenzo Dow / Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Ian Vincent Dow: recitation
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & piano
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal & accordion
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Sloan Wainwright: backing vocal
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
3:40
Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin
Rufus Wainwright: lead vocal
Justin Bond: lead vocal
Carol Of The Birds
1:57
traditional
Kate McGarrigle: acoustic guitar
Anna McGarrigle: recorder
Chaim Tannenbaum: mandolin
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Sylvan Lanken: backing vocal
Beginning (Poem)
6:55
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Christmas Time Is Here
3:16
Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mandelson
Danny Barrett: lead vocal
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Martha Wainwright: backing vocal
Rufus Wainwright: backing vocal
Cleo Zifkin: backing vocal
Rigel Zifkin: backing vocal
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Sylvan Lanken: backing vocal
Wise Men
3:39
Kate McGarrigle & Anna McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Anna McGarrigle: piano
Chaim Tannenbaum: mandolin
Martha Wainwright: backing vocal
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Christmas Wrapping
4:54
Chris Butler
Martha Wainwright: lead vocal
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Family chorus
Minuit Chrétien
4:08
traditional
Rufus Wainwright: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: piano
Golden Cradle
1:42
Nancy Ahern
Emmylou Harris: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & acoustic guitar
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
Chaim Tannenbaum: backing vocal & harmonica
Sloan Wainwright: backing vocal
Silent Night
2:16
Josef Muhr & Franz Gruber
Rufus Wainwright: lead vocal
Jorn Weisbrodt: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: piano
Family chorus
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
2:35
traditional
Family & Friends chorus
Thank God It's Christmas
4:36
Brian May & Roger Taylor
Sloan Wainwright: lead vocal
Family & Friends chorus
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
4:20
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Lou Reed: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Rufus Wainwright: lead vocal
Family & Friends chorus


The performing credits for these songs are quite complex and the above indicate the main artist contributions in addition to the house band (not all of whom contribute to each song).

Also credited on backing vocals: Ian Vincent Dow, Lily Lanken, Chaim Tannenbaum, Cleo Zifkin, Rigel Zifkin, Toby Harper, Sylvan Lanken, Kathleen Weldon.

House band :

Oren Bloedow: guitar
Brad Albetta: bass
Matt Johnson: drums
Tom Mennier: piano
C.J.Camerieri: trumpet & french horn
Hideaki Aomori: clarinet, saxophone & flutes
Tim Albright: trombone
Joel Zifkin: violin

recorded at: The Knitting Factory, NYC
produced & directed by: Gérard Scmidt
engineered by:
mixed by:
date: December 11, 2008
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