Mannheim Steamroller Tickets for Sale

At present, Mannheim Steamroller’s lineup is made up of Chip Davis, Jackson Berkey, Bobby Jenkins, Almeda Berkey, Ron Cooley, Roxanne Layton, Arnie Roth, Chuck Penington and Tom Sharpe. The first two members of Mannheim Steamroller, Jackson Berkey and Chip Davis were the founders of this group and the pioneers of what is today regarded as one of the best groups behind modern Christmas music with millions of albums sold. Mannheim Steamroller started out as a one man group and an alias used by one of the two founders, Chip Davis, who was a composer and record producer. The name Mannheim Steamroller was in itself inspired by a special German musical technique from the eighteenth century, the Mannheim Roller.

At that time, Chip Davis was already a renowned name in the world of music as the creator of C.W. McCall, a musical character created for the country artist, Bill Fries. He has also released a classical music album with Jackson Berkey and a bassist. To release this amazing album, Chip Davis started the record label American Gramaphone and went on to release the first Mannheim Steamroller album in 1975. This album was titled as Fresh Aire and was a phenomenal success that became very popular and was followed soon after by a string of albums following a similar theme; Fresh Aire II in 1977, Fresh Aire III in 1979 and Fresh Aire IV. Each of these four albums represented one of the fours seasons with their music being a blend of baroque, classical, jazz with some humor mixed in as well.

This series of Fresh Aire albums wasn’t over; Mannheim Steamroller followed with Fresh Aire V based on the moon, Fresh Aire VI on Greek mythology, Fresh Aire 7 and Fresh Aire 8 based on infinity. Mannheim Steamroller even went on to perform a series of shows as part of a tour on these albums; this tour featured spectacular use of multimedia and light to result in a one of a kind live performance, a tradition this amazing music groups maintains to date. The music that was played was in itself captivating and featured live musicians and orchestral performances.

Mannheim Steamroller soon rose to stardom when the group composed music for Saving the Wildlife, a PBS special show. This group also went on to produce albums for other artists and groups such as the 1987 Mason Williams album, Classical Gas.

In 1984, Mannheim Steamroller had already made history when the group released its first Christmas album, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas. This was an amazing album hat became very popular and led to a number of such albums; A Fresh Aire Christmas in 1988 and Christmas in the Aire 1995. By then, Mannheim Steamroller had become the Most Requested Christmas Music Artist of All Time. In 1997, Mannheim Steamroller released Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live followed by 2001’s Christmas Extraordinaire and 2007’s Christmas Song. This album featured guest vocals by the famous Olivia Newton-John and Johnny Mathis. With numerous albums ranking number one on the Billboard New Age Albums charts and over twenty eight million albums sold in the US, this is one music group you need to go watch and hear live this Christmas through Mannheim Steamroller Tickets.