Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. John Brown's Body - Marah ~ Various Artists |  |
| 2. Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Joanna Smith ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye - Janis Ian ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Thousands Are Sailing To Amerikay - Tim O'Brien ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Farmer Is The Man, The - Otis Gibbs ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Home On The Range - Joni Harms ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Stars & Stripes Forever - Jake Shimabukuro ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Sleep My Child - Judith Edelman/Neilson Hubbard ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Over There - Jen Chapin ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm - Andrew Bird ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Lift Every Voice And Sing - Karen Parks ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. Happy Days Are Here Again - Danielson ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime - Andy Bey ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Seven Cent Cotton And Forty Cent Meat - Jim Lauderdale ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) - Old Crow Medicine Show ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. Rosie The Riveter - Suzy Bogguss ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. Reuben James - Folk Family Robinson ~ Various Artists | | Disc 3
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Great Atomic Power, The - Elizabeth Cook & the Grascals ~ Various Artists | |
| 2. Little Boxes - Devendra Banhart ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Times They Are A Changin', The - The Del McCoury Band ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Apache Tears - Scott Kempner ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Get Together - Kim Richey ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Say It Loud (I'm Black And Proud) - Charles Walker/The Dynamites ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Ohio - Ben Taylor ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. What's Going On? - Anthony David ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. I Am Woman - Marthe Wainwright ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Youngstown - Matthew Ryan ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Wave - Gary Heffern/Chris Eckman ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. Message, The - Shortee Wop ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. Streets Of Philadelphia - Bettye LaVette ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning - The Wrights ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. This Land Is Your Land - John Mellencamp ~ Various Artists | |
(C) (P) 2007 31 Tigers/Split Rock Records
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Any reasonable music fan would be forgiven for being wary of a collection of American folk music whose executive producer was former attorney general Janet Reno, but as it happens Reno knows more about such things than one might expect. At the very least Reno had the good judgment to suggest singer, songwriter and activist Ed Pettersen coordinate an album of songs that reflected different aspects of American history, from the colonial period to the present day. Pettersen's long gestating project, Song of America, has finally surfaced as a hefty three-CD set, featuring 50 songs from as many artists, and the final product is frequently fascinating and ambitious stuff, music that demonstrates how art mirrors our history and how that art can carry its message in a broad range of interpretations. Pettersen, co-producers David Macias and Bob Olhsson, and their cast of singers and musicians are clearly mindful of the message and context of these songs, but they don't insist on treating them with kid gloves; the discordant horns on John Wesley Harding's "God Save the King" boldly reflects the chaos of the Revolution, Danielson's interpretation of "Happy Days Are Here Again" is at once playful and aware of the dark shadows of the Depression, the Mavericks transform "Dixie's Land" into a spectral anthem to a cause that would soon be lost, and "The Times They Are A Changin'" seems to speak to both past and present through the Del McCoury Band. Pettersen and company are also smart enough to realize that while the folk process has changed, it's hardly stopped, and that the work of James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Grandmaster Flash, and Marvin Gaye are all a part of the broad banner of our history, with their works interpreted with the same intelligence and thoughtfulness as the traditional numbers. The set closes with John Mellencamp singing Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," and in this context, Guthrie's simple but eloquent song has rarely displayed a greater resonance, revealing how these tunes don't merely reflect our lives and history, but are a living part of it. Song of America is hardly the first album that seeks to chart this nation's progress through song, but few have done it with this degree of intelligence and imagination, and everyone involved deserved to be congratulated for creating something very special indeed. ~ Mark Deming |
Producer: Mac McAnally; Daniel; Janis Ian; Marah; Jen Chapin; Del McCoury; Ronnie; Neilson Hubbard; Stephan Crump; Beth Nielsen Chapman; John Mellencamp; Michael Rubin; Harper Simon; The Grascals; The Wilders; Herb Jordan; Chris Eckman; Kevin Bacon; Jonathan Quarmb |
Engineer: Scott Davis; Dave Martin; Andy Hunt; Pat Sansone; Dave Kowalski; Philip Clark; Joe Martino; Bob Olhsson; Patrick Murphy; Carter William Humphrey; Paul Mahern; Rich Feaster; Mike Esser; Patrick Miller; Brian Fulk; Peter Robbins; Willy Will; Josiah Mazzasch |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 09/18/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 12065466 | | Label : Thirty Tigers | | Number of Discs : 3 | | Runtime : 200m : 29s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00827912065466 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Uncut (p.106)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]pectacular....[F]ive centuries of song are crammed into three red-white-and-blue discs. It's all here: colonial war, revolution, immigration, the expansion of the West and capitalism."Mojo (Publisher)
(p.122)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fine performances abound -- Beth Nielsen Chapman's enthralling 'Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child' one among many." |
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