American Spirit (album)
American Spirit is an album released on American Gramaphone in 2003 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" – 2:41
- "American Spirit" – 2:38
- "America the Beautiful" – 3:44
- "Convoy" – 3:53
- "Fanfare for the Common Man" – 3:48
- "Yellowstone Morning" – 2:53
- "Heritage" – 4:40
- "Wolf Creek Pass" – 4:02
- "Home on the Range" – 4:18
- "Mt. McKinley" – 2:54
- "Cloudburst" – 9:31
- "Tin Type" – 4:49
- "Battle Hymn of the Republic" – 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