Ancient Tones is an album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, released through Skaggs Family Records on January 26, 1999. In 2000, the album won the group the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.
Track listing "Walls of Time" (Monroe, Rowan) – 4:18 "Lonesome Night" (Stanley) – 3:32 "How Mountain Girls Can Love" (Rakes, Stanley) – 2:00 "Mighty Dark to Travel" (Monroe) – 2:35 "Carolina Mountain Home" (Scarborough, Wright) – 2:08 "Connemara" (Skaggs) – 3:11 "Coal Minin' Man" (Mills) – 3:51 "I Believed in You Darlin'" (Monroe) – 3:00 "Pig in a Pen" (traditional) – 1:58 "Give Us Rain" (Foster) – 3:54 "Boston Boy" (traditional) – 2:30 "Little Bessie" (traditional) – 8:23
Personnel
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, mandolin, guitar (1, 7), archtop guitar (2, 5, 6, 8, 11), spike hammer (7), lead guitar (10), rhythm guitar (10, 12), bodhrán (12) Bryan Sutton – lead guitar (1, 4, 6, 9, 11), rhythm guitar (2, 3, 8), guitar (5, 7, 10, 12) Paul Brewster – rhythm guitar (2–6, 11), tenor vocals (2–5, 7–9) Mark Fain – bass Bobby Hicks – fiddle (3–6, 8, 9, 11) Darrin Vincent – vocals (2), baritone vocals (3, 8, 9)
Guest musicians and vocalists Jerry Douglas – Weissenborn guitar (1, 7) Jim Mills – banjo (2–6, 8, 9, 11) Stuart Duncan – fiddle (1, 2, 7, 10) Mary Alice Hoepfinger – harp (12) John Cowan – tenor vocals (1) Cheryl White – backing vocals (10) Sharon White – backing vocals (10)
Production Ricky Skaggs – producer Brent King – recording, mixing Tye Bellar – recording, mixing Graham Lewis – recording, mixing, assistant engineer King Williams – recording, mixing, assistant engineer Chris Stone – assistant engineer Al Schulman – additional mixing (3, 4, 6, 9, 11) Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) Don Cobb – mastering assistant Jim Sherraden – art design, layout Tony Baker – photography Stan Strickland – management
Chart performance Chart (1999) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 46
References
External links Ricky Skaggs' official site