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.

• 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

• Chris Sabold, Mike Konopka, Dick Lewsey - Engineers
• Mat Lejeune, Brian Pinke, Mike Scasiwicz, Darren Styles - Assistant Engineers
• Metro Mobile - Recording

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