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  Type Album
  Artist C W McCall
  Cover CWMcCallRosesForMamajpg
  Released 1977
  Recorded
  Genre Country
  Length 29:15
  Label Polydor Records
  Producer Chip Davis , Don Sears
  Reviews All Music Guide link
  Last Album '' Rubber Duck ''<br>(1976)
  This Album '''''Roses for Mama'''''<br />(1977)
  Next Album '' C W McCall & Co ''<br />(1979)


''Roses for Mama'' is the fifth Album by Country musician C. W. McCall , released on Polydor Records in 1977 (see 1977 In Music ). The album saw McCall singing several songs that were written by others, as opposed to his previous albums, which were written entirely by him and Chip Davis . In fact, only three songs were written by the McCall and Davis; these are "I Don't Know (and I Don't Care)", "The Gallopin' Goose" and "Old Glory". " The Battle Of New Orleans " is a Cover Version of Johnny Horton 's popular 1959 song.


TRACK LISTING

# " Roses For Mama " (Johnny Wilson, Gene Dobbins, Wayne Sharpe) – 3:24
# "The Only Light" (Walt Meskell, Tim Martin) – 2:30
# "Livin' Within My Means" (Ron Agnew) – 2:59
# "Watch the Wildwood Flowers" (Agnew) – 2:50
# "Take My Duds to the Junkman" (Agnew) – 2:00
# "The Battle of New Orleans" ( Jimmie Driftwood ) – 2:50
# "I Don't Know (and I Don't Care)" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 2:50
# "The Gallopin' Goose" (Fries, Davis) – 3:20
# "Night Hawk" (Tom McKeaon, Ron Peterson) – 2:45
# "Old Glory" (Fries, Davis) – 3:47


PERSONNEL


  • C. W. McCall - Vocals, Design

  • Milt Bailey, Ruth Horn, Gary Morris, Sarah Westphalen - Vocals

  • Chip Davis - Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Producer, Arranger

  • Ron Agnew - Vocals, Electric Guitar, 6-String

  • Ron Cooley - Electric Guitar, 6-String, 12-String

  • Walt Meskell - Electric Guitar, 6-String, Banjo, Dobro

  • Mark Gorat, Jack Moss - 6-String

  • Jackson Berkey - Keyboards

  • Eric Hansen - Bass, Harmonica

  • Dorothy Brown, Hugh Brown, Miriam Dufflemeyer, Lucinda Gladics, James Hammond, Joe Landes, Beth McCollum, Merton Shatzkin, Alex Sokol - Strings



Additional personnel


  • Don Sears - Producer, Engineer, Design

  • John Boyd, Ron Ubel, Jim Wheeler - Engineers

  • John Kircher - Photography

  • Dudycha, Schirck and Associates, Inc. - Art Direction and Production



CHARTS


Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)


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