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I have been a Mannheim Steam Roller fan since 1984. But I must say I am disappointed by this one. I should say I am disappointed most by the first song: Star Spangled Banner" The lead in to the song is the only thing I liked about the first song. In the first 30 seconds there is a fan fare with Brass instruments like that out of the first Superman movie. Then a synthesizer kicks in and ruins the hole thing. Sort of like being surrounded by hostile natives and hearing the bugle blow: "charge" and all that shows up is a girl scout troop. If you are a C.W. McCall fan you will have four songs to listen to. His famous song: "Convoy" launched CB radios off of store shelves like cannon shells out of cannons and made trucker the hero's of America. "Wolf Creak Pass" is a comical song that also helped the trucking industry; buy presenting us with a war story of sorts. "American Spirit" is something that had to be listen to on July 4. If you want to know why we shoot off fire crackers on the fourth...this song will answer that with spades. The last CW McCall song "Tin Types" will leave you in stunned silence as he recited Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The rest of the album is pure Mannheim Steamroller at their best. A good album to listen to during the Fourth of July or Veterans' Day.Read full review
Gave it a try - kinda sorry we did. We thought it was too slow and too "talky". Patriotic? I guess so - But, in our opinion, NOT inspiring. The music itself was high quality, and a few of the tracks were sorta' enjoyable, but some of the vocals, which I would call "Charlie Daniels/Johnny Cash type hillbilly/rap/singing" was not our thing. We were expecting Steamroller style symphony-ized/synthesized musical renditions of American favorites. Instead, it was more like wagon train and marching band. If you like old western/southern/country and parades - you might like this. If you are simply addicted to Steamroller Christmas music, don't bother with this CD.
The content is terrible except for a couple of CW MCall songsThe Manhattan band is just a lot of noise.
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The cd is patriotic American.
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Like the idea of Mannheim Steamroller and C. W. McCall combining their talent in making this CD
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