Roses for Mama is the fifth album by country musician C. W. McCall (pseudonym for the singer and songwriter Bill Fries), released on Polydor Records in 1977. McCall sings several songs that were written by others, as opposed to his previous albums, which were written entirely by himself (credited as Bill Fries) and Chip Davis. In fact, only three songs were written by the McCall and Davis; these are "I Don't Know (and I Don't Care)", "The Gallopin' Goose" and "Old Glory". "The Battle of New Orleans" is a cover version of Johnny Horton's popular 1959 song.
Track listing "Roses for Mama" (Johnny Wilson, Gene Dobbins, Wayne Sharpe) – 3:24 "The Only Light" (Walt Meskell, Tim Martin) – 2:30 "Livin' Within My Means" (Ron Agnew) – 2:59 "Watch the Wildwood Flowers" (Agnew) – 2:50 "Take My Duds to the Junkman" (Agnew) – 2:00 "The Battle of New Orleans" (Jimmie Driftwood) – 2:50 "I Don't Know (and I Don't Care)" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 2:50 "The Gallopin' Goose" (Fries, Davis) – 3:20 "Night Hawk" (Tom McKeaon, Ron Peterson) – 2:45 "Old Glory" (Fries, Davis) – 3:47
Personnel
C. W. McCall – Vocals, Design Milt Bailey, Ruth Horn, Gary Morris, Sarah Westphalen – Vocals Chip Davis – Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Producer, Arranger Ron Agnew – Vocals, Electric Guitar, 6-String Ron Cooley – Electric Guitar, 6-String, 12-String Walt Meskell – Electric Guitar, 6-String, Banjo, Dobro Mark Gorat, Jack Moss – 6-String Jackson Berkey – Keyboards Eric Hansen – Bass, Harmonica Dorothy Brown, Hugh Brown, Miriam Dufflemeyer, Lucinda Gladics, James Hammond, Joe Landes, Beth McCollum, Merton Shatzkin, Alex Sokol – Strings
Additional personnel
Don Sears – Producer, Engineer, Design John Boyd, Ron Ubel, Jim Wheeler – Engineers John Kircher – Photography Dudycha, Schirck and Associates, Inc. – Art Direction and Production
Charts
Chart (1977)PeakpositionUS Country Albums (Billboard)22
Singles Year Single Chart Position 1977"Roses for Mama" US Country Singles (Billboard)2
References
External links NarrowGauge.org album information for Roses for Mama