American Spirit (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = AmericanSpirit
Type = Album
Artist = C. W. McCall and Mannheim Steamroller



Released = May 20, 2003
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 54:36
Label = American Gramaphone
Producer = Chip Davis
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8n881v74zzba link]
Chronology = Mannheim Steamroller
Last album = "Christmas Extraordinaire"
(2001)
This album = "American Spirit"
(2003)
Next album = "Halloween"
(2003)

"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

# "Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith) – 2:41
# "American Spirit" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 2:38
# "America the Beautiful" (Katherine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) – 3:44
# "Convoy" (Fries, Davis) – 3:53
# "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Aaron Copland) – 3:48
# "Yellowstone Morning" (Davis) – 2:53
# "Heritage" (Davis) – 4:40
# "Wolf Creek Pass" (Fries, Davis) – 4:02
# "Home on the Range" (Brewster Higley, Daniel Kelly) – 4:18
# "Mt. McKinley" (Davis) – 2:54
# "Cloudburst" (Ferde Grofe) – 9:31
# "Tin Type" (Fries, Davis) – 4:49
# "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

* [http://www.narrowgauge.org/4x4/cw_pages/html/spirit.html NarrowGauge.org album information for "American Spirit"]