Elevation (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Elevation
Type = Studio album
Longtype =
Artist = the
Yonder Mountain String Band


Released = 1999
Recorded = September 14-17, 1999
Genre = Progressive bluegrass
Length = 56:30
Label = Frog Pad Records
Producer = Sally Van Meter
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3fw67ui020j0 link]
Chronology = Yonder Mountain String Band
Last album =
This album = "Elevation"
(1999)
Next album = ""
(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.Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:me5a8qnpbtc4|title="Elevation" Overview|accessdate=2006-11-29|publisher=All Media Guide, LLC|year=1999|author=Brian Beatty]

Track listing

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

Other musicians

* Darol Anger – violin
* Celeste Krenz – vocals
* Mike Marshall – mandolin
* Sally Van Meter – dobro

Technical

* David Glasser – mastering
* Dave Hardy – photography
* James Tuttle – engineer, mixing

References

External links

* [http://www.yondermountain.com Yonder Mountain String Band Homepage]