BLUE HIGHWAY
LIVE AT ETSU! A 30-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE EVENT
ARTIST: Blue Highway
TITLE: Live at ETSU! A 30-Year Retrospective Event
LABEL: Down the Road
CATALOG #: DTR00222
UPC: 708857002221
STREET DATE: March 27, 2026 PRODUCTION CREDITS
Producer: Blue Highway and Dan Boner
Studio / Recording Location: Live at The Powell Recital Hall, Martin Center for the Performing Arts, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (recorded March 27 & 28, 2025)
Engineering: Engineered by Ben Bateson and Dan Boner; Live Sound Assistance by Will Potts, Ethan Church, and Cole Larsen
Mixing: Mixed and Edited by Dan Boner
Mastering: Mastered by Dan Boner
Graphic Art / Cover Art / Design: Nathan Golub
Photography: (credit pending)
Liner Notes: Tom Adams
Introduction: Sam Blumenthal 
 
ALBUM NOTES
Blue Highway’s fifteenth album and first-ever live recording – a 30th Anniversary celebration captured in front of a sold-out hometown crowd. Featuring thirteen signature tracks spanning three decades, plus a rousing all-star finale on “Clinch Mountain Backstep.”

TRACK LISTING & PERSONNEL
(Writers and publishers listed; song bios drawn from Tom Adams’ liner notes)

  1. Id Rather Be A Lonesome Pine (Jack Tottle, Daniel House Music, BMI) / ISRC: USA2B2600394
    Wayne Taylor (bass, vocal)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
     
  2. Life Of A Traveling Man (Shawn Lane, Cat Town Music, BMI) / ISRC: USA2B2600395
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Wayne Taylor (bass, vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    Soaring vocals with the patented Shawn-Wayne blend… Blue Highway perfection.”
     
  3. In the Gravel Yard (Malcolm Pulley, Pulleytone Music, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600396
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Wayne Taylor (bass, vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    Early hit; Jason Burlesons opening banjo solo still brings the house down.
     
  4. Some Day (Tim Stafford / Olive Stockton, Daniel House Music, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600397
    Wayne Taylor (vocal)
    Shawn Lane (vocal)
    Tim Stafford (vocal)
    Jason Burleson (vocal)
    (a cappella – four voices around one mic)
    One of the bands most-requested songs – a message of hope and inspiration.
     
  5. The North Side (feat. Grayson Lane) (Shawn Lane / Chad Lane / Gerald Ellenburg, Cat Town Music, BMI / Wadako Publishing, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600398
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Grayson Lane (harmony vocal)
    Wayne Taylor (bass)
    Tim Stafford (guitar)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    Father-and-son vocal blend at its finest.
     
  6. Through The Window Of A Train (Tim Stafford / Steve Gulley, Daniel House Music, BMI / Gulleys Curve Music, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600399
    Wayne Taylor (bass, vocal)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar, vocal)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    IBMA 2008 Song of the Year.
     
  7. Tears Fell On Missouri (feat. Barry Bales) (Shawn Lane, Cat Town Music, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600400
    Shawn Lane (guitar, vocal)
    Wayne Taylor (vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar, vocal)
    Jason Burleson (mandolin)
    Barry Bales (bass)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    As compelling a song of family heartbreak as any youll ever hear.”
     
  8. Emerson (Jason Burleson, Terrible Twos Music, BMI) / ISRC: USA2B2600401
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin)
    Wayne Taylor (bass)
    Tim Stafford (guitar)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    Jasons tribute to Bill Emerson – smooth, catchy, and full of world-class solos.
     
  9. Marbletown (Mark Knopfler, British Groves Songs c/o Irving Music, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600402
    Tim Stafford (guitar, vocal)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Wayne Taylor (bass)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (bass)
    Grammy-nominated title cut – high-voltage vocal number that Blue Highway made their own.
     
  10. Keen Mountain Prison (feat. Tom Adams) (Wayne Taylor, Forty W.A.T. Music, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600403
    Wayne Taylor (bass, vocal)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar, vocal)
    Tom Adams (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (bass)
    Wayne Taylor classic from the Midnight Storm era.
     
  11. Cochise County (Tim Stafford / Bobby Starnes, Daniel House Music, BMI / It Says What It Says Music, BMI) /ISRC: USA2B2600404
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar, vocal)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar, vocal)
    Wayne Taylor (bass)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman on lead vocal
     – vivid Old West storytelling.
     
  12. Top Of The Ridge (feat. Justin Moses) (Shawn Lane / Chad Lane / Gerald Ellenburg, Cat Town Music, BMI / Wadako Publishing, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600405
    Shawn Lane (guitar, vocal)
    Justin Moses (resophonic guitar, harmony vocal)
    Wayne Taylor (bass)
    Tim Stafford (guitar, vocal)
    Jason Burleson (mandolin)
    Jasons tribute to Bill Emerson – smooth, catchy, and full of world-class solos.
     
  13. Lonesome Pine (Wayne Taylor, Forty W.A.T. Music, BMI) ISRC: USA2B2600406
    Wayne Taylor (bass, vocal)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin, vocal)
    Tim Stafford (guitar, vocal)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    The bands most enduring anthem – the song that launched a thousand mountain-road stories.
     
  14. Clinch Mountain Backstep (feat. Barry Bales, Tom Adams, Alan O’Bryant, Jacob Burleson, Gaven Largent, Justin Moses, and Sierra Hull) (Ralph Stanley / Carter Stanley, Trio Music Company and Fort Knox Music, admin BMG Music and Round Hill Carlin) ISRC: USA2B2600407

  15. Barry Bales (bass)
    Tom Adams (banjo)
    Alan O’Bryant (banjo)
    Jacob Burleson (mandolin)
    Gaven Largent (resophonic guitar)
    Justin Moses (resophonic guitar)
    Sierra Hull (mandolin)
    Wayne Taylor (bass)
    Shawn Lane (mandolin)
    Tim Stafford (guitar)
    Jason Burleson (banjo)
    Gary Hultman (resophonic guitar)
    Five-minute rousing jam finale – full ensemble blowout.

 

BAND
Tim Stafford – guitar, vocals
Wayne Taylor – bass, vocals
Shawn Lane – mandolin, guitar, vocals
Jason Burleson – banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals
Gary Hultman – resophonic guitar, vocals 

SPECIAL GUESTS
Four of the band's five original members –  Tim Stafford, Wayne Taylor, Shawn Lane, and Jason Burleson –  are joined by resophonic guitarist Gary Hultman, along with a remarkable array of guests including Tom Adams, Barry Bales, Jacob Burleson, Sierra Hull, Gavin Largent, Justin Moses, Alan O'Bryant, and Shawn Lane's son Grayson Lane. 


Emcee: Cindy Baucom