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
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