Transcendental Blues Explained

Transcendental Blues
Type:Album
Artist:Steve Earle
Cover:Steve_Earle_Transcendental_Blues_Cover.jpg
Released:June 6, 2000
Recorded:2000
Length:49:48
Label:E-Squared
Producer:Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy
Prev Title:The Mountain
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Jerusalem
Next Year:2002

Transcendental Blues is the ninth studio album by Steve Earle, released in 2000. It features Sharon Shannon on the track "The Galway Girl". The album was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Folk Album category.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Earle

  1. "Transcendental Blues" – 4:13
    • Steve Earle – guitars, harmonium, mini-Moog, vocals
    • Dan Metz – bass
    • Ron Vance – drums
  2. "Everyone's in Love with You" – 3:30
    • Steve Earle – electric guitar, vocals
    • David Steele – electric guitar
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
    • Tom Littlefield – vocals
  3. "Another Town" – 2:22
    • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, vocals
    • David Steele – electric guitars
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  4. "I Can Wait" – 3:16
    • Steve Earle – 12-string acoustic, vocals
    • David Steele – electric guitar
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
    • Tom Littlefield – vocals
  5. "The Boy Who Never Cried" – 3:46
    • Steve Earle – 12-string Guitar, harmonium, vocals
    • David Steele – bouzouki
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
    • Strings arranged and conducted by Kristin Wilkinson and performed by The Love Sponge:
      • Kristin Wilkinson – viola
      • John Catchings – cello
      • David Angell – violin
      • David Davidson – violin
  6. "Steve's Last Ramble" – 3:38
    • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
    • Sharon Shannon – accordion
    • Mary Shannon – banjo
    • Liz Kane – fiddle
    • Yvonne Kane – fiddle
    • Jim Murray – gut string guitar
    • Bill Wright – bouzouki
    • David Steele – electric guitar
    • James Blennerhassett – upright bass
    • Noel Bridgeman – drums
  7. "The Galway Girl" – 3:05
    • Steve Earle – mandolin, vocals
    • Sharon Shannon – accordion
    • Mary Shannon – banjo
    • Liz Kane – fiddle
    • Yvonne Kane – fiddle
    • Jim Murray – guitar
    • Bill Wright – bouzouki
    • Dan Gillis – tin whistle
    • James Blennerhassett – upright bass
    • Joyce Redmond – bodhran
    • Noel Bridgeman – drums
  8. "Lonelier Than This" – 3:11
    • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, vocals
    • David Steele – resonator guitar
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Ray Kennedy – electric guitar
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  9. "Wherever I Go" – 1:57
    • Steve Earle – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
    • David Steele – electric 12-string guitar
    • Benmont Tench – organ, piano
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums
  10. "When I Fall" – 4:34
    • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
    • Stacey Earle – vocals
    • Doug Lancio – electric guitars
    • Ray Kennedy – bass
    • Patrick Earle – drums, percussion
  11. "I Don't Want to Lose You Yet" – 3:22
    • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, vocals
    • David Steele – electric guitars
    • Benmont Tench – organ
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
    • Tom Littlefield – vocals
  12. "Halo 'Round the Moon" – 2:13
    • Steve Earle – resonator guitar, harmonium, vocals
    • David Steele – resonator guitar
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  13. "Until the Day I Die" – 3:22
    • Steve Earle – guitar, vocals
    • Tim O'Brien – mandolin, vocals
    • Darrell Scott – banjo, vocals
    • Casey Driessen – fiddle
    • Dennis Crouch – upright bass
  14. "All My Life" – 3:27
    • Steve Earle – guitars, harmonium, vocals
    • Ray Kennedy – bass
    • Patrick Earle – drums, percussion
  15. "Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)" – 3:51
    • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
    • David Steele – mandola
    • Kelley Looney – bass
    • Will Rigby – drums, percussion

Personnel

Chart performance

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Chart (2000)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums5
U.S. Billboard 20066
Canadian RPM Country Albums8
Canadian RPM Top Albums28