Song · Steve Earle
“Waitin' on the Sky” by Steve Earle
From the album I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive (2011)
“Waitin' on the Sky” by Steve Earle appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2011. It was first released in 2011 on the album I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive. Its best result is #44 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #211 indie & aaa song of 2011.
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Steve Earle wrote "Waitin' on the Sky" for I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, released in April 2011, and T-Bone Burnett produced it. The credits read like a front-porch string band with a brass section parked out back. Earle covers acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin and harmonica himself; Greg Leisz adds pedal steel, Sara Watkins fiddle and Keefus Ciancia mellotron, while Jay Bellerose drums, Dennis Crouch and Roland Guerin play acoustic bass guitar, and Burnett and Jackson Smith handle electric guitar.
The horns come from Jonathan Gross on tuba, Michael Brown on euphonium, Sammie Williams on trombone and Tracy Griffin on flugelhorn, and the vocal credits are just as crowded: Burnett, Watkins, Allison Moorer and Tim Robbins all sing with Earle. Mike Piersante and Jason Wormer recorded and mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 81 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011 | 93 |
Also listed as: Waitin' On The Sky.
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