The Robertsons, who have made their duck call business into a huge worldwide success, have made their first album. Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, which arrives in stores and online Tuesday (October 29th), features 14 tracks including a few originals, such as “Ragin’ Cajun Redneck Christmas” and “Hairy Christmas” (featuring Luke Bryan), as well as some classics, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Silent Night” and a version of “The Night Before Christmas” you won’t soon forget. Alison Krauss lends her angelic voice to “Away in a Manger,” while George Strait assists Miss Kay and Phil Robertson with “Christmas Cookies,” and Missy Robertson gets a visit from Josh Turner on “Why I Love Christmas” – a song he wrote a few years ago. Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney) produced the project.

The rest of the album features performances from other members of the Robertson family, including  Uncle Si, Jep, Jessica, Korie, Sadie, Reed and of course, Willie Robertson.

Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas Track Listing

1. Twas the Night Before Christmas

2. Duck the Halls

3. Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy

4. Rudolph

5. Silent Night

6. Christmas Cookies

7. Camouflage and Christmas Lights

8. Why I Love Christmas

9. O Holy Night

10. 12 Days of Christmas

11. Have a Hairy Christmas and a Happy Happy Happy New Year

12. ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?

13. Phil’s prayer

Willie (Christmas album) 2 OC: …pretty good. 1:01
“The Robertson family has always been interested in music. So, I was talking to some guys in Nashville and the idea came up about doing a Christmas album, and it really interested me and I wasn’t sure which way to go with it. I met with the family, and I said, ‘Guys, what do you think about doing this?’ And everybody was pretty excited. Missy, she’s a great singer and so she was interested in doing something as well in music. Now with our show and with our platform just doing different things, you have opportunities. So we were excited and going into it, I wasn’t sure at all and I didn’t know if it would just be a big joke and it would be funny which was fine with me, or it actually may be halfway decent. And man, once we got into doing it, it was amazing. My eyes were opened and just watching Buddy Cannon, working with him and just watching how he worked and putting music together and making it sound great and it turned out pretty special. By the end, I was like,’Wow, we did pretty good.”

Si (Christmas album) OC: …your mind? :21
“Look when they came and Willie said, ‘Hey look, we’re going to do a Christmas album,’ and I looked at him.  I said ‘Willie, have you done lost your mind? There’s only one person in our family that can sing and that’s Missy.  Ok?  And you’re talking about the whole family is going to get in there and sing, and we’re going to make an album and actually try to get people to pay money to hear us butcher a song?  Have you lost your mind?”