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Yonder Mountain String Band
Released 1999

40 Miles From Denver
03:46
8,531 plays

On The Run
03:49
6,723 plays

Left Me In A Hole
05:25
5,749 plays

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- 1
- Half Moon Rising
- 04:31
- 10,815 plays

- 2
- Mental Breakdown
- 02:57
- 4,168 plays

- 3
- The Bolton Stretch
- 02:45
- 4,757 plays

- 4
- Left Me In A Hole
- 05:25
- 5,749 plays

- 5
- Darkness And Light
- 05:23
- 4,494 plays

- 6
- On The Run
- 03:49
- 6,723 plays

- 7
- Eight Cylinders
- 03:53
- 2,987 plays

- 8
- 40 Miles From Denver
- 03:46
- 8,531 plays

- 9
- This Lonely Heart
- 02:06
- 2,858 plays

- 10
- At The End Of The Day
- 03:38
- 5,154 plays

- 11
- Mossy Cow
- 02:46
- 2,980 plays

- 12
- High On A Hilltop
- 02:42
- 4,088 plays

- 13
- To Say Goodbye, To Be Forgiven
- 03:41
- 2,386 plays

- 14
- If There's Still Ramblin' In The Rambler (Let Him Go)
- 02:46
- 3,061 plays

- 15
- Waijal Breakdown
- 06:22
- 2,381 plays

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album review

This Nederland, CO, band's brand of string band music is as steeped in the jam band tradition as it is in the high and lonesome bluegrass sounds originated by Bill Monroe. Though this isn't the first band to blend these influences, driving rhythms and exceptional picking make for an enjoyable debut, if not one without definite weaknesses. The band's vocals and songwriting talents (all four members sing and write) simply don't equal its instrumental abilities. Banjo player Dave Johnston's keening tenor sounds most believable floating above the band's rustic groove on "The Lonesome Heart" and the jukebox-ready alt-country weeper "Eight Cylinders." Jeff Austin is fast-fingered on the mandolin but sings too near the top of his limited vocal range. The Yonder Mountain String Band's chops put many of the album's weaker songs over anyway, suggesting that the band's live shows will make them wildly popular on the jam band and bluegrass festival circuits, where songwriting and singing are very often secondary to instrumental flash. Progressive bluegrassers Mike Marshall and Darol Anger make guest appearances. ~ Brian Beatty, All Music Guide