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That High Lonesome Sound is the second live release of bluegrass music by Old & In the Way. Like the first one, Old & In the Way, it was recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco in October 1973. It was released in February 1996.^[3]

1. "Hard Hearted" (Jesse McReynolds, Jim McReynolds) – 2:46
2. "The Great Pretender" (Buck Ram) – 3:38
3. "Lost" (Buzz Busby, Cindy Davis) – 3:25
4. "Catfish John" (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 4:05
5. "High Lonesome Sound" (Peter Rowan) – 3:40
6. "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" (Vassar Clements) – 3:06
7. "Love Please Come Home" (Leon Jackson) – 3:29
8. "Wicked Path of Sin" (Bill Monroe) – 2:18
9. "Uncle Pen" (Monroe) – 2:57
10. "I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home" (Monroe) – 2:54
11. "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" (Rowan) – 4:22
12. "I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent)" (H. Payne) – 2:51
13. "Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin Rouse) – 3:31
14. "Angel Band" (Jefferson Hascall, W.B. Bradbury) – 4:37

• Vassar Clements – fiddle
• Jerry Garcia – banjo, vocals
• David Grisman – mandolin, vocals
• John Kahn – acoustic bass
• Peter Rowan – guitar, vocals

• Recording engineers – Owsley Stanley, Victoria Babcock
• Producer – David Grisman
• Production coordination – Craig Miller
• Mastering – Paul Stubblebine
• Liner notes – Neil V. Rosenberg [1], Richard Loren, Owsley Stanley
• Design, layout – D. Brent Hauseman
• Photography – Neil V. Rosenberg, Nobuharu Koboriya, Susana Millman, Sheldan Collins