American Spirit (album)

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 Manheim Steamroller leader Chip Davis; Fries provides the vocals as McCall. This was the last album to feature C. W. McCall.

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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
Total length:			54:36

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