Mountain Tracks: Volume 3

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Mountain Tracks: Volume 3
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Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004
RecordedIn Lyons, Colorado, on September 12–13, 2003
Genre Progressive bluegrass
Jam band
Length121:12
Label SCI Fidelity
Frog Pad Records
Yonder Mountain String Band chronology
Old Hands
(2003)
Mountain Tracks: Volume 3
(2004)
Mountain Tracks: Volume 4
(2006)
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Mountain Tracks: Volume 3 is a progressive bluegrass live album by the Yonder Mountain String Band; it is part of the live series Mountain Tracks. It was released on September 14, 2004 by SCI Fidelity.

Contents

The album occupies two discs. The first disc carries the band's performance on September 12; the second carries the concert performed on September 13. The concert features a guest appearance by fiddler Darol Anger. [2] The song "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash is a hidden song at the end of the first disc [2] and was performed when news was received of the deaths of Johnny Cash and actor John Ritter earlier in the day.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Bloody Mary Morning" (Willie Nelson) – 3:14
  2. "Coo Coo's Nest" (w/ Jeff Austin & Adam Aijala) (John Hartford) – 3:23
  3. "Town" (Ben Kaufmann) – 2:27
  4. "If There's Still Ramblin' in the Rambler (Let Him Go)" (Jeff Austin) – 3:42
  5. "Steep Grade, Sharp Curves / Ramblin' Reprise" (Austin) – 7:05
  6. "Traffic Jam" (Kaufmann) – 10:28
  7. "Years With Rose" (Benny Galloway) – 7:16
  8. "Winds O' Wyoming" (Galloway) – 4:17
  9. "Traffic Jam" (Kaufmann) – 4:36
  10. "Holding" (Hartford) – 8:57

Disc two

  1. "Queen of the Earth" (Traditional) – 3:21
  2. "Train Bound for Glory Land" (Galloway) – 3:55
  3. "Little Rabbit" (Traditional) – 7:46
  4. "Left Me in a Hole" (Adam Aijala) – 5:40
  5. "Old Plank Road" (w/ Sally Truitt) (Traditional) – 3:01
  6. "Deep Pockets" (Galloway, Dave Johnston) – 3:54
  7. "Maid of the Canyon" (Johnston) – 3:59
  8. "Too Late Now" (Austin) – 6:19
  9. "Yee Haw Factor" (w/Pastor Tim) (Yonder Mountain String Band) – 0:45
  10. "Kentucky Mandolin" (Bill Monroe) – 8:53
  11. "Peace of Mind" (Austin) – 5:30
  12. "Snow on the Pines" (Austin) – 8:37
  13. "Peace of Mind" (w/ Rushad Eggleston & Brittany Haas) (Austin) – 4:07

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2004)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums [3] 2
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [3] 67

Personnel

Yonder Mountain String Band

Other musicians

Technical

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Steve Legget (2004). "Mountain Tracks: Volume 3 Overview". Allmusic. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
  3. 1 2 Yonder Mountain String Band Artist Chart History at Billboard