Last updated:7 April 2001

Songs: Transcendental Blues  (Steve Earle) Everyone's In Love With You  (Steve Earle) Another Town  (Steve Earle) I Can Wait  (Steve Earle) The Boy Who Never Cried  (Steve Earle) Steve's Last Ramble  (Steve Earle) The Galway Girl  (Steve Earle) Lonelier Than This  (Steve Earle) Wherever I Go  (Steve Earle) When I Fall  (Steve Earle) I Don't Want To Lose You Yet  (Steve Earle) Halo 'Round The Moon  (Steve Earle) Until The Day I Die  (Steve Earle) All Of My Life  (Steve Earle) Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)  (Steve Earle)   Breed* (Kurt Cobain)  *Japanese release only

cover art:   Tony Fitzpatrick

"I have spent most of my life (like most people) avoiding transcendence at all costs, mainly because the shit hurts.  Merely defining transcendence can sometimes be painful. I once heard that "Transcendence is the act of going through something".  Ouch.  I see plate glass windows and divorces.  Someone else told me that it was "rising above whatever one encountered in one's path" but at this point in my life that smacks of avoidance as well as elitism of some sort.  I am compelled to look back on years of going through, above, as well as around my life looking for loopholes to redefine everything including any and all of the ideas that I have held close to my heart along the way - Art - Freedom - Justice - Revolution - Love (a big one) - Growth - Passion - Parenting (a really big one) - and I find that for me, for now, transcendence is about being still enough long enough to know when it's time to move on. Fuck me."
 —Steve Earle (Chicago, January 2000)

Transcendental Blues

Steve Earle - Guitars, Harmonium, Mini-Moog, Vocals
Dan Metz - Bass
Ron Vance - Drums
Recorded by Paul Smith at Frank's Auto, South Philly, PA
Additional Recording by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board, Nashville, TN
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Everyone's In Love With You

Steve Earle - Electric Guitar, Vocals
David Steele - Electric Guitar
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Tom Littlefield - Vocals
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Another Town

Steve Earle - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
David Steele - Electric Guitars
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

I Can Wait

Steve Earle - 12-String Acoustic, Vocals
David Steele - Electric Guitar
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Tom Littlefield - Vocals
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

The Boy Who Never Cried

Steve Earle - 12-String Guitar, Harmonium, Vocals
David Steele - Bouzouki
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Strings arranged and conducted by Kristin Wilkinson
        and performed by The Love Sponge:
Kristin Wilkinson - Viola
John Catchings - Cello
David Angell - Violin
David Davidson - Violin
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Steve's Last Ramble

Steve Earle - Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Sharon Shannon - Accordion
Mary Shannon - Banjo
Liz Kane - Fiddle
Yvonne Kane - Fiddle
Jim Murray - Gut String Guitar
Bill Wright - Bouzouki
David Steele - Electric Guitar
James Blennerhassett - Upright Bass
Noel Bridgeman - Drums
Recorded by Ciaran Byrne at Totally Wired Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Assisted by Keith McDonnell
Additional Recording by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

The Galway Girl

Steve Earle - Mandolin, Vocals
Sharon Shannon - Accordion
Mary Shannon - Banjo
Liz Kane - Fiddle
Yvonne Kane - Fiddle
Jim Murray - Guitar
Bill Wright - Bouzouki
Dan Gillis - Tin Whistle
James Blennerhassett - Upright Bass
Joyce Redmond - Bodhran
Noel Bridgeman - Drums
Recorded by Ciaran Byrne at Totally Wired Studios, Dublin
Assisted by Keith McDonnell
Additional Recording by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Lonelier Than This

Steve Earle - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
David Steele -Resonator Guitar
Kelley Looney - Bass
Ray Kennedy - Electric Guitar
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Recording by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Wherever I Go

Steve Earle - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
David Steele - Electric 12-String Guitar
Benmont Tench - Organ, Piano
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

When I Fall

Steve Earle - Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Stacey Earle - Vocals
Doug Lancio - Electric Guitars
Ray Kennedy - Bass
Patrick Earle - Drums, Percussion
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

I Don't Want To Lose You Yet

Steve Earle - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
David Steele - Electric Guitars
Benmont Tench - Organ
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Tom Littlefield - Vocals
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Halo 'Round The Moon

Steve Earle - Resonator Guitar, Harmonium, Vocals
David Steele - Resonator Guitar
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Until The Day I Die

Steve Earle - Guitar, Vocals
Tim O'Brien - Mandolin, Vocals
Darrell Scott - Banjo, Vocals
Casey Driessen - Fiddle
Dennis Crouch - Upright Bass
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

All Of My Life

Steve Earle - Guitars, Harmonium, Vocals
Ray Kennedy - Bass
Patrick Earle - Drums, Percussion
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)

Steve Earle - Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
David Steele - Mandola
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums, Percussion
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board
Assisted by Patrick Earle

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Breed*
* Japanese album release (also included on the bonus CD5 that came with the Borders release)

Steve Earle - Electric guitar and vocals
David Steele - Electric guitars
Kelley Looney - Bass
Will Rigby - Drums
Recorded by Ray Kennedy at Room & Board, Nashville, TN
Assisted by Patrick Earle

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PROMO CD5 BONUS SONGS:

In seperate jewel cases:

My Uncle [Parsons/Hillman] | The Galway Girl  (ARTCD-34) – available only at Wherehouse Music  [Transcendental Blues CD:  751 033-2]

Steve's Last Ramble | Feel Alright  (ARTCD-37) – available only at Transworld stores (Record Town, Coconuts, Strawberries, The Wall, Camelot, and Specs) with the puchase of Transcendental Blues  [CD:  751 033-2] and at SIMS stores (a coalition of indie stores: Waterloo, Music Millenium, Record Exchange, Manifest, and others) with the purchase of Marah's Kids In Philly

Open Your Window  (ARTCD-59) – available only at independant record stores with the purchase of Transcendental Blues  [CD:  751 033-2]

In same jewel case as the album:

Sin City [live in Fargo, ND w/ the Bluegrass Dukes, 8-1999] | Coperhead Road [live in Austin,TX with the Dukes, 3-2000]  (ARTCD-35) – available only at Best  Buy  [Transcendental Blues CD:  751044-2]

Breed – performed by Steve and the Dukes | Promise You Anything – performed by Stacey Earle  | Fearless Heart – performed by Siobhan Maher-Kennedy [all studio cuts] (ARTCD-38) – available only at Borders  [Transcendental Blues CD:  751 043-2]

Copperhead Road | The Galway Girl | Steve's Last Ramble | Feel Alright [all live in Austin, TX with the Dukes, 3-2000]  (498074-9 disc 2) – UK release

Copperhead Road | The Galway Girl | Steve's Last Ramble | Feel Alright [all live in Austin,TX with the Dukes, 3-2000]  (498074-9 disc 2) – Australia release

All songs written by Steve Earle except where noted
All songs performed by Steve Earle except where noted
All songs recorded live except where noted
All are US releases except where noted