
Chip Davis composes, arranges and plays drums with the band, while Jackson. mannheimsteamroller 30.8K subscribers 135K views 2 years ago Special live performance of 'O Holy Night' by Mannheim Steamroller for your enjoyment during the holidays Show more. Mannheim Steamroller albums feature instruments from harpsichord to synthesizer, with a lot of strings. The band was named after an 18th-Century musical technique, now known as crescendo.

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∙ In 2019, the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour celebrated 35 straight years, with two different touring troupes, plus a third group that performed at a popular Florida theme park. Mannheim Steamroller is a New Age band co-founded by Chip Davis and Jackson Berkey. ∙ The Mannheim Steamroller LP Fresh Aire 7 won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1991. Get swept away in the sounds and sights of the time with this remarkably well done music video of We Three Kings from Mannheim Steamroller’s classic album, Christmas. ∙ The band’s first collection of holiday classics, 1984’s Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, rose into the Billboard 200-and by 2004 the album had sold more than six million copies. Stories What's in the Aire This video is private Watch on Journey back to the time when wise kings traversed deserts vast and empty to see the Christ child.

∙ Mannheim Steamroller’s debut album, 1975’s Fresh Aire-featuring classical music played on electric bass and synthesizers-was a hit with audiophiles due to its high-tech sound.

McCall, whose 1975 trucker-rebellion single “Convoy” topped Billboard’s Country and Pop charts and inspired Sam Peckinpah’s like-named 1978 film. ∙ Born into a musical Ohio family, Davis composed his first piece at age six, played in the University of Michigan’s concert band, and became a junior high music teacher. Mannheim Steamroller-the multi-Platinum-selling neo-classical group founded by Chip Davis-is best known for popular reworkings of classic Christmas songs.
