Christmas For Cowboys is a collaboration between four fine roots / country / americana bands from Stavanger on the Norwegian west coast: Helldorado, Flying Shoes, The Tramps and The Brigade

The collaboration is a tribute to some of the  songwriters and artists the bands on the album have been inspired by

The four bands have picked two songs each for this collaboration
The songs chosen have been previously been recorded by renowned country and americana songwriters and artists such as Willie Nelson, The Handsome Family, Jackson Browne, John Denver, John Prine, The Band, Buck Owens, Chris Hillman and Glen Campbell. 

Several of the musicians represented on this recording are member of more than one of the bands, and a few of them are actually member of all bands. 

Helldorado, Flying Shoes, The Tramps and The Brigade have been involved in previous collaborations, but this is the first time all bands are represented on one recording.

NORSK
Christmas For Cowboys er ett samarbeidsprosjekt der fire band fra Stavangerregionen har gått sammen om å lage ett julealbum som en hyllest til den amerikanske, og irske, musikkarven som bandene er inspirert av. Helldorado, Flying Shoes, The Brigade og The Tramps teller alle noen felles medlemmer, og selv om de musikalske uttrykkene er forskjellige representerer de alle "roots"-relaterte og inspirerte genre som Americana, Country og Folk.

Bandene samarbeider fra tid til annen om både turneer og konserter, men dette er første gang alle fire band deltar på ett felles plateprosjekt og en felles julekonsert.

Christmas For Cowboys

Helldorado - Pretty Paper

Checkpoint Charlie Audio Productions (CCAP) is an indipendent record label based in Stavanger, Norway. For more music, videos, links, information etc, please visit www.facebook.com/CCAPno