title: Ancient Tones
text: # Ancient Tones
  
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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
  
  * "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
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  | Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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  | U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 46 |
  