Song of America (album)

Song of America
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	September 18, 2007
Genre	Folk
Label	Split Rock / 31 Tigers
Producer	David Macias, Bob Olhsson, Ed Pettersen [1] [2]

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Allmusic	[3]
Uncut	[4]

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). ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Track listing

Disc 1

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

Disc 2

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

Disc 3

1. "The Great Atomic Power", performed by Elizabeth Cook and The Grascals – 2:45
2. "Little Boxes", performed by Devendra Banhart – 4:08
3. "The Times They Are a-Changin'", performed by The Del McCoury Band – 3:49
4. "Apache Tears", performed by Scott Kempner – 3:42
5. "Get Together", performed by Kim Richey – 4:01
6. "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud", performed by The Dynamites with Charles Walker – 4:32
7. "Ohio", performed by Ben Taylor – 2:40
8. "What's Going On", performed by Anthony David – 5:02
9. "I Am Woman", performed by Martha Wainwright – 3:27
10. "Youngstown", performed by Matthew Ryan – 4:14
11. "Wave," performed by Gary Heffern and Chris Eckman – 4:35
12. "The Message", performed by Shortee – 6:34
13. "Streets of Philadelphia", performed by Bettye LaVette – 3:49
14. "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning", performed by The Wrights – 5:30
15. "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

1. "Song of America". Allmusic . Retrieved June 8, 2009.
2. "Various Artists - Song of America". Uncut . IPC Media . Retrieved June 8, 2009.
3. Allmusic review
4. Uncut review
5. Andrews, Helena (September 26, 2007). "Janet Reno spins America's greatest hits, by Helena Andrews". Politico . Retrieved October 21, 2008.
6. "Reno Collects the History of America Through Song". National Public Radio. July 6, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
7. Solarski, Matthew (June 20, 2007). "Devendra, Andrew Bird, Danielson on Janet Reno Comp". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2009.