Song of America (album)

''Song of America'' is a 3-disc, compilation album comprising 50 songs related to the history of America. Released on September 18, 2007 under Split Rock Records/Thirty One Tigers, the music collection was conceived by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and musician Ed Pettersen (who is married to Reno's niece).

Track listing

;Disc 1
# "Lakota Dream Song", performed by Earl Bullhead – 3:08
# "Once More Our God Vouchsafe to Shine", performed by Julie Lee – 3:07
# " Let Us Break Bread Together", performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama – 3:49
# "God Save the King", performed by John Wesley Harding – 3:49
# "Young Ladies in Town", performed by Elizabeth Foster – 3:01
# "The Old Woman Taught Wisdom", performed by Malcom Holcombe – 6:30
# "The Liberty Song", performed by Ed Pettersen – 4:59
# "Yankee Doodle", performed by Harper Simon – 3:29
# "Jefferson & Liberty", performed by The Wilders – 2:10
# "Hail Columbia", performed by Steven Kowalczyk-Santoro – 2:56
# " The Star Spangled Banner", performed by Take 6 – 2:04
# "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", performed by Beth Nielsen Chapman – 5:09
# "Peg & Awl", performed by Freedy Johnston – 4:34
# " Sweet Betsy From Pike", performed by BR549 – 4:23
# "Trail of Tears", performed by Will & Jehnean – 4:35
# "Declaration of Sentiments", performed by Minton Sparks/Pat Flynn – 4:34
# "Go Down Moses", performed by Fisk Jubilee Singers – 3:44
# "Dixie's Land", performed by The Mavericks, featuring Thad Cockrell – 6:13

;Disc 2
# "John Brown's Body", performed by Marah – 2:40
# "Battle Hymn of the Republic", performed by Joanna Smith – 5:15
# "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye", performed by Janis Ian – 2:09
# "Thousands Are Sailing to Amerikay", performed by Tim O'Brien – 4:24
# "The Farmer is the Man", performed by Otis Gibbs – 3:03
# "Home On the Range", performed by Joni Harms – 4:30
# "Stars and Stripes Forever", performed by Jake Shimabukuro – 2:28
# "Sleep, My Child (Schlof Mayn Kind)", performed by Judith Edelman and Neilson Hubbard – 4:47
# " Over There", performed by Jen Chapin – 2:31
# "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm", performed by Andrew Bird – 5:04
# "Lift Every Voice and Sing", performed by Karen Parks – 5:11
# "Happy Days Are Here Again", performed by Danielson – 3:05
# "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?", performed by Andy Bey – 6:30
# " Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat", performed by Jim Lauderdale – 2:11
# "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)", performed by Old Crow Medicine Show – 4:56
# "Rosie the Riveter", performed by Suzy Bogguss – 2:31
# "Reuben James", performed by Folk Family Robinson – 4:04

;Disc 3
# "The Great Atomic Power", performed by Elizabeth Cook and The Grascals – 2:45
# "Little Boxes", performed by Devendra Banhart – 4:08
# " The Times They Are a-Changin'", performed by The Del McCoury Band – 3:49
# "Apache Tears", performed by Scott Kempner – 3:42
# " Get Together", performed by Kim Richey – 4:01
# "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud", performed by The Dynamites with Charles Walker – 4:32
# "Ohio", performed by Ben Taylor – 2:40
# " What's Going On", performed by Anthony David – 5:02
# "I Am Woman", performed by Martha Wainwright – 3:27
# "Youngstown", performed by Matthew Ryan – 4:14
# "Wave," performed by Gary Heffern and Chris Eckman – 4:35
# " The Message", performed by Shortee – 6:34
# "Streets of Philadelphia", performed by Bettye LaVette – 3:49
# " Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning", performed by The Wrights – 5:30
# "This Land is Your Land", performed by John Mellencamp – 4:10

Personnel

*Peter Abbott – Percussion, backing vocalist
*Brad Albetta – producer, instrumentation
*Jack Ashford – vibraphone
*Bob Babbitt – bass
*Mike Bailey – drums
* Devendra Banhart – acoustic guitar, vocals
*Kevin Barker – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Will Barrow – piano
*Alan Bartram – bass
*Tom Bee – producer
*Andy Bey – piano, vocals
*David Bielanko – arranger
*Serge Bielanko – guitar, arranger, backing vocalist
*Andrew Bird – violin, arranger, electric guitar, vocals, whistle (human)
*Leo Black – guitar, arranger, producer, horn arrangements
*Suzy Bogguss – vocals
*Jimmy Bowland – horn, saxophone
*BR549 – arranger
*Earl Bullhead – arranger, vocals
*Andy Cabic – backing vocalist
*Jason Carter – fiddle
*Vincent Chancey – French horn
*Jen Chapin – vocals, producer
*Beth Nielsen Chapman – arranger, vocals, producer, gut string guitar, bazouki
*Ernest Chapman – steel guitar, backing vocalist
*Alvin Chea – vocals
*Larry Ciancia – drums
*Vinnie Ciesielski – horn
*Thad Cockrell – arranger, vocals
*Elizabeth Cook – vocals, producer
*Stephan Crump – bass, producer
*Anthony David – acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocalist
*Scott Davis – assistant engineer
*Mickey Dawes – drums
*Paul Deakin – arranger, drums
*Cedric Dent – vocals
*Tyrone Dickerson – organ
*Chris Eckman – producer, engineer, performer, choir arrangement
* Judith Edelman – acoustic guitar, arranger, vocals
*Terry Eldredge – acoustic guitar, vocals
*Betse Ellis – fiddle, arranger, producer
*Rich Feaster – engineer, mixing
*Curtis Fields – tenor (vocal)
* Pat Flynn – guitar, arranger
*Elizabeth Foster – arranger
*Brian Fulk – engineer
*Critter Fuqua – vocals, button accordion
*Noah Georgeson – backing vocalist
*Otis Gibbs – acoustic guitar, arranger, vocals
*Steve Gluzband – trumpet
*Janja Gomboc – choir, chorus
*Ranger Doug Green – vocals
*Ed Greene – percussion, drums
*Paul Hammond – mastering
*John Wesley Harding – arranger, vocals
*Joni Harms – arranger, vocals
*Otto Hauser – drums, backing vocalist
*David R. Hayden – tenor (vocal)
*Kevin Hayes – guitjo
*Gary Heffern – vocals, assistant project coordinator
*Don Herron – banjo, fiddle, mandolin, backing vocalist
*Donnie Herron – fiddle
*Alan Hill – keyboards
*Will Hill – Native American flute, cultural advisor, language consultant, spoken word
*Malcolm Holcombe – acoustic guitar, vocals
*Ericson Holt – keyboards
*Neilson Hubbard – bass, arranger, glockenspiel, keyboards, backing vocalist, producer
*Scotty Huff – acoustic guitar
*Carter William Humphrey – engineer
*David Hungate – bass
*Andy Hunt – backing vocalist, mixing, Ngawang Chopel
*Shirley Hutchins – administration
*Kenny Hutson – guitar, mandolin
*Janis Ian – arranger, vocals, producer
*Jack Irwin – engineer
*Morgan Jahnig – bass (upright)
*Erick Jaskowiak – engineer
*Freedy Johnston – guitar, arranger, vocals, backing vocalist
*Herb Jordan – producer
*Nick Kane – electric guitar
*Scott Kempner – bass, guitar, vocals
*Joel Kibble – vocals
*Mark Kibble – vocals, engineer
*Craig King – piano, arranger
*Jason Kourkounis – arranger, drums
*Dave Kowalski – engineer
*Viktor Krauss – bass
*Paul T. Kwami – musical direction
*Jim Lauderdale – banjo, vocals
*Bettye LaVette – vocals
*Julie Lee – vocals, baritone ukulele
*David Leonard – mixing
*Kimberly Levitan – design
*David Macias – compilation producer
*Paul Mahern – engineer
*Joe Martino – assistant engineer
*Catherine Styron Marx – keyboards
* Rogers Masson – mixing
*Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
*Josiah Mazzaschi – engineer
*Mac McAnally – producer
*Del McCoury – guitar, vocals, producer
*Rob McCoury – banjo
*Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, producer
*Country Joe McDonald – vocals, penny whistle
*Jerry Dale McFadden – keyboards
* Claude V. McKnight III – vocals
*Eamon McLoughlin – strings
*Chuck Mead – guitar, vocals
*John Mellencamp – guitar, vocals, producer
*Mark "Guitar" Miller – bass
*Rob Mitchell – drums
*John Mock – tin whistle
*Patrick Murphy – engineer
* Tim O'Brien – fiddle, guitar, arranger, vocals
*Bob Olhsson – engineer, mastering, mixing, compilation producer
*Karen Parks – vocals
*Chris "Chris P" "PowerTool" Patterson – percussion
*Marcelo Pennell – engineer, mixing
*Dave Peterson – drums
*Ed Pettersen – bass, guitar, percussion, piano, arranger, keyboards, theremin, vocals, backing vocalist, producer, engineer, liner notes, mixing, compilation producer
*Walker Pettibone – drums
*Dirk Powell – engineer
*Valerie Pringle – backing vocalist
*Jonathan Quarmby – Hammond organ, producer, mixing
*Lorne Rall – bass
*Andy Reis – guitar, electric guitar
*Robert Reynolds – bass, arranger
*Kim Richey – acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocalist
*Peter Robbins – engineer, mixing
*Todd Robbins – engineer, mixing
*Danny Roberts – mandolin
*Rich Robinson – guitar, vocals
*Stan Robinson – vocals
*Marcus Rojas – tuba
*Michael Rubin – producer
*Matthew Ryan – keyboards, vocals
*Aaron Sands – bass
*Pat Sansone – acoustic guitar, piano, engineer
*Tamara Saviano – project manager
*David Saw – guitar
*Ketcham Secor – vocals, bajo sexto
*Danny Seward – backing vocalist
*Ike Sheldon – guitar
*Jake Shimabukuro – arranger, ukulele
*Scott Shipley – multiple instruments
*Harper Simon – bass, guitar, arranger, vocals, producer
*Paul Sinclair – mastering
*Elin K. Smith – vocals
*Mindy Smith – backing vocalist
*Minton Sparks – arranger, vocals
*Garrison Starr – backing vocalist
*David Talbot – banjo
*Christopher Thomas – bass
*David Thomas – vocals
*Wesley Trigg – tenor (vocal)
*Ted Velykis – arranger, bass guitar
*Wanda Vick – banjo, fiddle, mandolin
*Philip Wade – mandolin
*Martha Wainwright – vocals, backing vocalist
*Charles E. Walker – vocals
*M. Warren – arranger
*Willie Watson – guitar, vocals
*Kenzie Wetz – fiddle, vocals, backing vocalist
*Willy Will – producer, engineer
*Mark Wilson IV – bass
*Adam Wright – guitar, vocals
*Kirk Yoquelet – percussion, drums
*Kate York – backing vocalist

References

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2007 compilation albums
Concept albums
Works about American history