# Bluegrass Rules!

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***Bluegrass Rules!*** is an album by [Ricky Skaggs](/source/Ricky_Skaggs) and [Kentucky Thunder](/source/Kentucky_Thunder), released through [Rounder Records](/source/Rounder_Records) on October 21, 1997.[1] In 1999, the album won the group the [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) for [Best Bluegrass Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Bluegrass_Album).

## Track listing

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

## Personnel

- Paul Brewster – guitars, vocals
- Kent Bruce – assistant engineer
- Don Cobb – mastering
- Craig Crutchfield – design
- Tom Davis – engineer
- [Jerry Douglas](/source/Jerry_Douglas) – dobro
- [Stuart Duncan](/source/Stuart_Duncan) – fiddle
- Mark Fain – bass
- Carlos Grier – mastering
- Bobby Hicks – fiddle
- [Kentucky Thunder](/source/Kentucky_Thunder) – band
- Graham Lewis – assistant engineer
- Jim McGuire – photography

- Alan Messer – photography
- Dennis Parker – guitars, vocals
- [Marc Pruett](/source/Marc_Pruett) – banjo
- Denny Purcell – mastering
- Jonathan Russell – mastering
- Al Schulman – engineer
- [Ricky Skaggs](/source/Ricky_Skaggs) – guitars, mandolin, vocals, production, photography
- Jason Stelluto – assistant engineer
- Chris Stone – assistant engineer
- [Bryan Sutton](/source/Bryan_Sutton) – guitars
- King Williams – assistant engineer

## Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak position U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 45

## References

1. "Bluegrass Rules!". [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). Retrieved August 2, 2010.

## External links

- [Ricky Skaggs' official site](http://www.rickyskaggs.com/)

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