Bluegrass Rules!

Bluegrass Rules!
Studio album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Released	October 21, 1997
Genre	Bluegrass, country
Label	Rounder
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Life Is a Journey (1997) Bluegrass Rules! (1997) Ancient Tones (1999)

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Allmusic	[1]

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 Albums	45

References

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

External links

• Ricky Skaggs' official site