# Song of America (album)

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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