Number of Discs
3
Number of Tracks
50
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Bass
Alan Bartram, Scott "Top Ten" Kempner, Robert Reynolds, Harper Simon, Bob Babbitt, Mark Wilson IV, Aaron Sands, Christopher Thomas, David Hungate, Stephan Crump, Ed Pettersen, Mark "Guitar" Miller, Viktor Krauss, Neilson Hubbard, Lorne Rall
Guitar
Scotty Huff, Freedy Johnston, Kevin Barker, Harper Simon, Tim O'brien, Ike Sheldon, Ted Velykis, Andy Reis, Ed Pettersen, Nick Kane, Pat Sansone, Willie Watson, Serge Bielanko, Pat Flynn, Anthony David, Leo Black, Kim Richey, David Saw, Scott "Top Ten" Kempner, Andrew Bird, Judith Edelman, Otis Gibbs, Devendra Banhart, Terry Eldredge, Del Mccoury, Adam Wright, Chuck Mead, Malcolm Holcombe, Rich Robinson, Kenny Hutson, John Mellencamp
Mixing
Peter Robbins, Andy Hunt, Rogers Masson, Ed Pettersen, Bob Olhsson, Rich Feaster, David Leonard, Marcelo Pennell, Todd Robbins, Jonathan Quarmby
Engineer
Paul Mahern, Peter Robbins, Patrick Murphy, Rich Feaster, Willy Will, Mark Kibble, Chris Eckman, Todd Robbins, Josiah Mazzaschi, Erick Jaskowiak, Ed Pettersen, Dave Kowalski, Bob Olhsson, Brian Fulk, Carter William Humphrey, Pat Sansone, Marcelo Pennell, Dirk Powell, Jack Irwin
Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "Spectacular....Five 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.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fine performances abound -- Beth Nielsen Chapman's enthralling 'Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child' one among many."
Vocals
Freedy Johnston, Tim O'brien, Ranger Doug Green, John Wesley Harding, Andy Bey, Ed Pettersen, Kenzie Wetz, Julie Lee, Jen Chapin, Anthony David, Elizabeth Cook, Joel Kibble, Scott "Top Ten" Kempner, Judith Edelman, Mark Kibble, Otis Gibbs, David Thomas, Suzy Bogguss, Claude V. Mcknight III, Malcolm Holcombe, Rich Robinson, Country Joe McDonald, Gary Heffern, Martha Wainwright, Alvin Chea, Harper Simon, Joni Harms, Cedric Dent, Earl Bullhead, Jim Lauderdale, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Stan Robinson, Willie Watson, Elin K. Smith, Bettye Lavette, Kim Richey, Matthew Ryan, Andrew Bird, Ketch Secor, Charles "Wigg" Walker, Thad Cockrell, Karen Parks, Janis Ian, Devendra Banhart, Terry Eldredge, Del Mccoury, Adam Wright, Critter Fuqua, Minton Sparks, Chuck Mead, John Mellencamp
Keyboards
Ericson Holt, Jerry Dale McFadden, Ed Pettersen, Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard, Catherine Styron Marx, Alan Hill
Percussion
Ed Pettersen, Peter Abbott, Chris "Chris P" "Powertool" Patterson, Kirk Yoquelet, Ed Greene
Drums
Dave Peterson, Walker Pettibone, Larry Ciancia, Otto Hauser, Paul Deakin, Mike Bailey, Rob Mitchell, Mickey Dawes, Jason Kourkounis, Kirk Yoquelet, Ed Greene