Mountain Tracks: Volume 3

Frog Pad

These guys be jammin’. In their first two years, Yonder Mountain String Band went from playing Colorado coffee shops with a dozen people in the audience to gigging at prestigious bluegrass and folk festivals and selling out small venues across the land.

Now, six years and six albums (three studio, three live) into it, the four-piece jamgrass outfit has headlined major venues in the western United States and boasts a loyal following known as Kinfolk. More than 330 of the band’s shows can be downloaded free and legally at Internet Archive’s Live Music Archive. And no wonder: They really know how to make those strings smoke!

The “Mountain Tracks” series chronicles YMSB’s annual Kinfolk Celebration at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, Colo. Volume 3 is the first double-disc entry, with each CD highlighting its own night. Fiddler Darol Anger sits in throughout, and other guests include hot newcomer cellist Rushad Eggleston and fiddle prodigy Brittany Haas, both featured on CD 2’s closing “Peace of Mind > Snow on the Pines > Peace of Mind.”

Also included are four songs written by Benny Galloway, a 30-year veteran of the meatpacking industry who’s also a bluegrass musician and sometimes goes by the name Burle Cletus. YMSB was so impressed by his talent that their third studio album, 2003’s “Old Hands,” was made up exclusively of Galloway compositions.

Tracks
CD 1
1. Bloody Mary Morning
2. Coo Coo’s Nest
3. Town
4. If There’s Still Ramblin’ In The Rambler (Let Him Go) >
5. Steep Grades Sharp Curves > Ramblin’ Reprise
6. Traffic Jam >
7. Years With Rose >
8. Winds O’ Wyoming >
9. Traffic Jam
10. Holding

CD 2
1. Queen Of The Earth >
2. Train Bound For Glory Land >
3. Little Rabbit
4. Left Me In A Hole
5. Old Plank Road
6. Deep Pockets
7. Maid Of The Canyon
8. Too Late Now
9. Yee Haw Factor
10. Kentucky Mandolin >
11. Peace Of Mind >
12. Snow On The Pines >
13. Peace Of Mind

Total time: 1.9 hours

External Links
artist’s website
amazon.com
iTunes Store