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
 * 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