American Spirit (album)

American Spirit
Studio album by C. W. McCall and Mannheim Steamroller
Released	May 20, 2003
Genre	Country
Length	54:36
Label	American Gramaphone
Producer	Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Christmas Extraordinaire (2001) American Spirit (2003) Halloween (2003)

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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
• Members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
• Duain Wolfe - Chorus Director and Conductor
• Dale Clevenger, Oto Carrillo, Greg Flint, Melanie Cottle - Horn
• John Hagstrom, Mark Ridenour, Tage Larson - Trumpet
• Ward Stare, Adam Moen - Tenor Trombone
• Charles 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

References[]

External links[]

• NarrowGauge.org album information for American Spirit

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