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.

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