Song of America (album)

Song of America
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	September 18, 2007
Genre	Folk
Label	Split Rock / 31 Tigers
Producer	David Macias, Bob Olhsson, Ed Pettersen

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Song of America is a 3-disc, compilation album comprising 50 songs related to the history of America. Released on September 18, 2007 under Split Rock Records/Thirty One Tigers, the music collection was conceived by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and musician Ed Pettersen (who is married to Reno's niece).

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Lakota Dream Song", performed by Earl Bullhead – 3:08
2. "Once More Our God Vouchsafe to Shine", performed by Julie Lee – 3:07
3. "Let Us Break Bread Together", performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama – 3:49
4. "God Save the King", performed by John Wesley Harding – 3:49
5. "Young Ladies in Town", performed by Elizabeth Foster – 3:01
6. "The Old Woman Taught Wisdom", performed by Malcom Holcombe – 6:30
7. "The Liberty Song", performed by Ed Pettersen – 4:59
8. "Yankee Doodle", performed by Harper Simon – 3:29
9. "Jefferson & Liberty", performed by The Wilders – 2:10
10. "Hail Columbia", performed by Steven Kowalczyk-Santoro – 2:56
11. "The Star Spangled Banner", performed by Take 6 – 2:04
12. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", performed by Beth Nielsen Chapman – 5:09
13. "Peg & Awl", performed by Freedy Johnston – 4:34
14. "Sweet Betsy From Pike", performed by BR549 – 4:23
15. "Trail of Tears", performed by Will & Jehnean – 4:35
16. "Declaration of Sentiments", performed by Minton Sparks/Pat Flynn – 4:34
17. "Go Down Moses", performed by Fisk Jubilee Singers – 3:44
18. "Dixie's Land", performed by The Mavericks, featuring Thad Cockrell – 6:13

Disc 2

1. "John Brown's Body", performed by Marah – 2:40
2. "Battle Hymn of the Republic", performed by Joanna Smith – 5:15
3. "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye", performed by Janis Ian – 2:09
4. "Thousands Are Sailing to Amerikay", performed by Tim O'Brien – 4:24
5. "The Farmer is the Man", performed by Otis Gibbs – 3:03
6. "Home On the Range", performed by Joni Harms – 4:30
7. "Stars and Stripes Forever", performed by Jake Shimabukuro – 2:28
8. "Sleep, My Child (Schlof Mayn Kind)", performed by Judith Edelman and Neilson Hubbard – 4:47
9. "Over There", performed by Jen Chapin – 2:31
10. "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm", performed by Andrew Bird – 5:04
11. "Lift Every Voice and Sing", performed by Karen Parks – 5:11
12. "Happy Days Are Here Again", performed by Danielson – 3:05
13. "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?", performed by Andy Bey – 6:30
14. "Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat", performed by Jim Lauderdale – 2:11
15. "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)", performed by Old Crow Medicine Show – 4:56
16. "Rosie the Riveter", performed by Suzy Bogguss – 2:31
17. "Reuben James", performed by Folk Family Robinson – 4:04

Disc 3

1. "The Great Atomic Power", performed by Elizabeth Cook and The Grascals – 2:45
2. "Little Boxes", performed by Devendra Banhart – 4:08
3. "The Times They Are a-Changin'", performed by The Del McCoury Band – 3:49
4. "Apache Tears", performed by Scott Kempner – 3:42
5. "Get Together", performed by Kim Richey – 4:01
6. "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud", performed by The Dynamites with Charles Walker – 4:32
7. "Ohio", performed by Ben Taylor – 2:40
8. "What's Going On", performed by Anthony David – 5:02
9. "I Am Woman", performed by Martha Wainwright – 3:27
10. "Youngstown", performed by Matthew Ryan – 4:14
11. "Wave," performed by Gary Heffern and Chris Eckman – 4:35
12. "The Message", performed by Shortee – 6:34
13. "Streets of Philadelphia", performed by Bettye LaVette – 3:49
14. "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning", performed by The Wrights – 5:30
15. "This Land is Your Land", performed by John Mellencamp – 4:10

Personnel

• Peter Abbott – Percussion, backing vocalist
• Brad Albetta – producer, instrumentation
• Jack Ashford – vibraphone
• Bob Babbitt – bass
• Mike Bailey – drums
• Devendra Banhart – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Kevin Barker – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Will Barrow – piano
• Alan Bartram – bass
• Tom Bee – producer
• Andy Bey – piano, vocals
• David Bielanko – arranger
• Serge Bielanko – guitar, arranger, backing vocalist
• Andrew Bird – violin, arranger, electric guitar, vocals, whistle (human)
• Leo Black – guitar, arranger, producer, horn arrangements
• Suzy Bogguss – vocals
• Jimmy Bowland – horn, saxophone
• BR549 – arranger
• Earl Bullhead – arranger, vocals
• Andy Cabic – backing vocalist
• Jason Carter – fiddle
• Vincent Chancey – French horn
• Jen Chapin – vocals, producer
• Beth Nielsen Chapman – arranger, vocals, producer, gut string guitar, bazouki
• Ernest Chapman – steel guitar, backing vocalist
• Alvin Chea – vocals
• Larry Ciancia – drums
• Vinnie Ciesielski – horn
• Thad Cockrell – arranger, vocals
• Elizabeth Cook – vocals, producer
• Stephan Crump – bass, producer
• Anthony David – acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocalist
• Scott Davis – assistant engineer
• Mickey Dawes – drums
• Paul Deakin – arranger, drums
• Cedric Dent – vocals
• Tyrone Dickerson – organ
• Chris Eckman – producer, engineer, performer, choir arrangement
• Judith Edelman – acoustic guitar, arranger, vocals
• Terry Eldredge – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Betse Ellis – fiddle, arranger, producer
• Rich Feaster – engineer, mixing
• Curtis Fields – tenor (vocal)
• Pat Flynn – guitar, arranger
• Elizabeth Foster – arranger
• Brian Fulk – engineer
• Critter Fuqua – vocals, button accordion
• Noah Georgeson – backing vocalist
• Otis Gibbs – acoustic guitar, arranger, vocals
• Steve Gluzband – trumpet
• Janja Gomboc – choir, chorus
• Ranger Doug Green – vocals
• Ed Greene – percussion, drums
• Paul Hammond – mastering
• John Wesley Harding – arranger, vocals
• Joni Harms – arranger, vocals
• Otto Hauser – drums, backing vocalist
• David R. Hayden – tenor (vocal)
• Kevin Hayes – guitjo
• Gary Heffern – vocals, assistant project coordinator
• Don Herron – banjo, fiddle, mandolin, backing vocalist
• Donnie Herron – fiddle
• Alan Hill – keyboards
• Will Hill – Native American flute, cultural advisor, language consultant, spoken word
• Malcolm Holcombe – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Ericson Holt – keyboards
• Neilson Hubbard – bass, arranger, glockenspiel, keyboards, backing vocalist, producer
• Scotty Huff – acoustic guitar
• Carter William Humphrey – engineer
• David Hungate – bass
• Andy Hunt – backing vocalist, mixing, Ngawang Chopel
• Shirley Hutchins – administration
• Kenny Hutson – guitar, mandolin
• Janis Ian – arranger, vocals, producer
• Jack Irwin – engineer
• Morgan Jahnig – bass (upright)
• Erick Jaskowiak – engineer
• Freedy Johnston – guitar, arranger, vocals, backing vocalist
• Herb Jordan – producer
• Nick Kane – electric guitar
• Scott Kempner – bass, guitar, vocals
• Joel Kibble – vocals
• Mark Kibble – vocals, engineer
• Craig King – piano, arranger
• Jason Kourkounis – arranger, drums
• Dave Kowalski – engineer
• Viktor Krauss – bass
• Paul T. Kwami – musical direction
• Jim Lauderdale – banjo, vocals
• Bettye LaVette – vocals
• Julie Lee – vocals, baritone ukulele
• David Leonard – mixing
• Kimberly Levitan – design
• David Macias – compilation producer
• Paul Mahern – engineer
• Joe Martino – assistant engineer
• Catherine Styron Marx – keyboards
• Rogers Masson – mixing
• Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
• Josiah Mazzaschi – engineer
• Mac McAnally – producer
• Del McCoury – guitar, vocals, producer
• Rob McCoury – banjo
• Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, producer
• Country Joe McDonald – vocals, penny whistle
• Jerry Dale McFadden – keyboards
• Claude V. McKnight III – vocals
• Eamon McLoughlin – strings
• Chuck Mead – guitar, vocals
• John Mellencamp – guitar, vocals, producer
• Mark "Guitar" Miller – bass
• Rob Mitchell – drums
• John Mock – tin whistle
• Patrick Murphy – engineer
• Tim O'Brien – fiddle, guitar, arranger, vocals
• Bob Olhsson – engineer, mastering, mixing, compilation producer
• Karen Parks – vocals
• Chris "Chris P" "PowerTool" Patterson – percussion
• Marcelo Pennell – engineer, mixing
• Dave Peterson – drums
• Ed Pettersen – bass, guitar, percussion, piano, arranger, keyboards, theremin, vocals, backing vocalist, producer, engineer, liner notes, mixing, compilation producer
• Walker Pettibone – drums
• Dirk Powell – engineer
• Valerie Pringle – backing vocalist
• Jonathan Quarmby – Hammond organ, producer, mixing
• Lorne Rall – bass
• Andy Reis – guitar, electric guitar
• Robert Reynolds – bass, arranger
• Kim Richey – acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocalist
• Peter Robbins – engineer, mixing
• Todd Robbins – engineer, mixing
• Danny Roberts – mandolin
• Rich Robinson – guitar, vocals
• Stan Robinson – vocals
• Marcus Rojas – tuba
• Michael Rubin – producer
• Matthew Ryan – keyboards, vocals
• Aaron Sands – bass
• Pat Sansone – acoustic guitar, piano, engineer
• Tamara Saviano – project manager
• David Saw – guitar
• Ketcham Secor – vocals, bajo sexto
• Danny Seward – backing vocalist
• Ike Sheldon – guitar
• Jake Shimabukuro – arranger, ukulele
• Scott Shipley – multiple instruments
• Harper Simon – bass, guitar, arranger, vocals, producer
• Paul Sinclair – mastering
• Elin K. Smith – vocals
• Mindy Smith – backing vocalist
• Minton Sparks – arranger, vocals
• Garrison Starr – backing vocalist
• David Talbot – banjo
• Christopher Thomas – bass
• David Thomas – vocals
• Wesley Trigg – tenor (vocal)
• Ted Velykis – arranger, bass guitar
• Wanda Vick – banjo, fiddle, mandolin
• Philip Wade – mandolin
• Martha Wainwright – vocals, backing vocalist
• Charles E. Walker – vocals
• M. Warren – arranger
• Willie Watson – guitar, vocals
• Kenzie Wetz – fiddle, vocals, backing vocalist
• Willy Will – producer, engineer
• Mark Wilson IV – bass
• Adam Wright – guitar, vocals
• Kirk Yoquelet – percussion, drums
• Kate York – backing vocalist