American Spirit (album)

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American Spirit is an album released on American Gramaphone in 2003 (see 2003 in music) as a collaboration between Mannheim Steamroller and country musician C. W. McCall. The album focuses on American patriotic songs, hence the title. McCall contributed to a number of spoken word songs on the album and rerecorded his 1976 hit song "Convoy" for it; this was also the case with another song of his, "Wolf Creek Pass," which can be found on the album.

Track listing

1. "Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) – 2:41
2. "American Spirit" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 2:38
3. "America the Beautiful" (Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) – 3:44
4. "Convoy" (Fries, Davis) – 3:53
5. "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Aaron Copland) – 3:48
6. "Yellowstone Morning" (Davis) – 2:53
7. "Heritage" (Davis) – 4:40
8. "Wolf Creek Pass" (Fries, Davis) – 4:02
9. "Home on the Range" (Brewster Higley, Daniel Kelly) – 4:18
10. "Mt. McKinley" (Davis) – 2:54
11. "Cloudburst" (Ferde Grofe) – 9:31
12. "Tin Type" (Fries, Davis) – 4:49
13. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Julia Ward Howe) – 4:45

Personnel

• C. W. McCall - Vocals
• Chip Davis - Percussion, Drums and Toys, Conductor, Producer
• Jackson Berkey - Keyboards
• Ron Cooley - Bass and All Fretted Instruments
• Arnie Roth - Violin Solos, Concertmaster
• Bobby Jenkins - Oboe Solos
• Duain Wolfe - Conductor, Music Director
• Dale Clevenger, Oto Carrillo, Greg Flint, Melanie Cottle - Horn
• John Hagstrom, Mark Ridenour, Tage Larson - Trumpet
• Ward Stare, Adam Moen - Tenor Trombone
• Charlie Vernon - Bass Trombone
• Charlie Suchat - Tuba
• Doug Waddell - Timpani
• Ted Atkatz, Mike Folker - Percussion

Additional personnel

• Chris Sabold, Mike Konopka, Dick Lewsey - Engineers
• Mat Lejeune, Brian Pinke, Mike Scasiwicz, Darren Styles - Assistant Engineers
• Metro Mobile - Recording

External links

• NarrowGauge.org album information for American Spirit