Bluegrass Rules!
studio
ArtistRicky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
CoverRicky Skaggs Bluegrass Rules cover.jpg
ReleasedOctober 21, 1997
GenreBluegrass, country
LabelRounder
ChronologyRicky Skaggs
Prev year1997
Next year1999

Bluegrass Rules! is an album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, released through Rounder Records on October 21, 1997.[1] In 1999, the album won the group the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

Track listing

  1. "J.D.'s Words of Wisdom" – 0:05
  2. "Get Up John" (Bill Monroe) – 4:06
  3. "I Hope You've Learned" (Bill Carrigan, Eugene Butler) 2:20
  4. "Think of What You've Done" (Carter Stanley) – 2:37
  5. "Another Night" (Jack Adkins) – 3:57
  6. "The Drunken Driver" (Paul Westmoreland) – 3:10
  7. "Little Maggie" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:20
  8. "Amanda Jewell" (Ricky Skaggs) – 2:51
  9. "If I Lose" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:09
  10. "Ridin' That Midnight Train" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:20
  11. "Rank Stranger" (Albert E. Brumley) – 3:03
  12. "Somehow Tonight" (Earl Scruggs) – 2:51
  13. "Rawhide" (Bill Monroe) – 2:59
  14. "Well Glory" – 0:12

Personnel

  • Paul Brewster – guitars, vocals
  • Kent Bruce – assistant engineer
  • Don Cobb – mastering
  • Craig Crutchfield – design
  • Tom Davis – engineer
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Mark Fain – bass
  • Carlos Grier – mastering
  • Bobby Hicks – fiddle
  • Kentucky Thunder – band
  • Graham Lewis – assistant engineer
  • Jim McGuire – photography
  • Alan Messer – photography
  • Dennis Parker – guitars, vocals
  • Marc Pruett – banjo
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Jonathan Russell – mastering
  • Al Schulman – engineer
  • Ricky Skaggs – guitars, mandolin, vocals, production, photography
  • Jason Stelluto – assistant engineer
  • Chris Stone – assistant engineer
  • Bryan Sutton – guitars
  • King Williams – assistant engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums45

References

  1. ^ "Bluegrass Rules!". Allmusic. Retrieved August 2, 2010.