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Song of America (album)

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Released
  
September 18, 2007

Release date
  
18 September 2007

Genre
  
Folk music

Artist
  
John Mellencamp

Label
  
Thirty One Tigers

Song of America (album) wwwvoicespitteduimagessongofamericajpg

Producer
  
David Macias, Bob Olhsson, Ed Pettersen

Similar
  
American Fool, Scarecrow, Big Daddy, The Lonesome Jubilee, Rough Harvest

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).

Contents

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

Songs

1Lakota Dream SongEarl Bullhead3:08
2Once More Our God Vouchsafe to ShineJulie Lee3:07
3Let Us Break Bread TogetherThe Blind Boys of Alabama3:49

References

Song of America (album) Wikipedia