Ancient Tones

Ancient Tones
Studio album by
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
ReleasedJanuary 26, 1999
Studios
GenreBluegrass music
Length41:20
LabelSkaggs Family Records
ProducerRicky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Bluegrass Rules!
(1997)		 Ancient Tones
(1999)		 Soldier of the Cross
(1999)
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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

  1. "Walls of Time" (Monroe, Rowan) – 4:18
  2. "Lonesome Night" (Stanley) – 3:32
  3. "How Mountain Girls Can Love" (Rakes, Stanley) – 2:00
  4. "Mighty Dark to Travel" (Monroe) – 2:35
  5. "Carolina Mountain Home" (Scarborough, Wright) – 2:08
  6. "Connemara" (Skaggs) – 3:11
  7. "Coal Minin' Man" (Mills) – 3:51
  8. "I Believed in You Darlin'" (Monroe) – 3:00
  9. "Pig in a Pen" (traditional) – 1:58
  10. "Give Us Rain" (Foster) – 3:54
  11. "Boston Boy" (traditional) – 2:30
  12. "Little Bessie" (traditional) – 8:23

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 46

References

  1. 1 2 "Ancient Tones". Allmusic. Retrieved August 2, 2010.