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. McCall is a persona created by Bill Fries and Mannheim Steamroller leader Chip Davis; Fries provides the vocals as McCall. This was the last album to feature C. W. McCall.
Track listing
Personnel C. W. McCall - Vocals Chip Davis - Percussion, Drums & Toys, Conductor, Producer Jackson Berkey - Keyboards Ron Cooley - Bass guitar & 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, Tage Larson, Mark Ridenour - 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