Elevation (Yonder Mountain String Band album) explained

Elevation
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	the Yonder Mountain String Band
Cover:	ElevationYonderMountainStringBand.jpg
Released:	1999
Recorded:	September 14–17, 1999
Genre:	Progressive bluegrass
Length:	56:30
Label:	Frog Pad Records
Producer:	Sally Van Meter
Chronology:	Yonder Mountain String Band
Next Year:	2001

Elevation is the progressive bluegrass debut album of the Yonder Mountain String Band. It was released in 1999 by Frog Pad Records, an independent record label run by the band. The album features appearances by bluegrass musicians Mike Marshall and Darol Anger.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Half Moon Rising"  - 4:31
2. "Mental Breakdown"  - 2:57
3. "The Bolton Stretch"  - 2:45
4. "Left Me in a Hole"  - 5:25
5. "Darkness and Light"  - 5:23
6. "On the Run"  - 3:49
7. "Eight Cylinders"  - 3:53
8. "40 Miles from Denver"  - 3:46
9. "This Lonesome Heart"  - 2:06
10. "At the End of the Day"  - 3:38
11. "Mossy Cow"  - 2:46
12. "High on a Hilltop"  - 2:42
13. "To Say Goodbye, to Be Forgiven"  - 3:41
14. "If There's Still Ramblin' in the Rambler (Let Him Go)"  - 2:46
15. "Waijal Breakdown"  - 6:22

Personnel

Yonder Mountain String Band

• Dave Johnston  - banjo, vocals
• Jeff Austin  - mandolin, vocals
• Ben Kaufmann  - bass, vocals
• Adam Aijala  - guitar, vocals, banjo on track 15

Other musicians

• Darol Anger  - fiddle on tracks 11 & 15
• Celeste Krenz  - additional vocals on track 7
• Mike Marshall  - mandolin on track 15
• Sally Van Meter  - electric lap slide on track 7, additional vocals on track 7, resophonic guitar on track 8

Technical

• David Glasser  - mastering
• Dave Hardy  - photography
• James Tuttle  - engineer, mixing

External links

• Yonder Mountain String Band Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r542373|pure_url=yes}} ''Elevation'' Overview]. 2006-11-29. All Media Guide, LLC. 1999. Brian Beatty.