Bluegrass Royalty Ricky Skaggs Ascends New Peak With
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass, out March 25
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Ricky Skaggs is bluegrass royalty, a 12-time Grammy winner (winning the
Best Bluegrass Grammy an incredible four times in the last decade) and
widely credited with the genre's revival in recent years. With
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and '47, out March
25 on Skaggs Family Records, Skaggs shines the light on two of the most
fertile years in bluegrass history. Drawing inspiration from historic
recordings of Bill Monroe with the world's first "bluegrass" band
(Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise and Howard Watts), this album
brings the bluegrass journey full circle.
In 1945 there was no genre of music called bluegrass, but just two
years later the genre had been firmly established by Monroe and his
band. With Honoring the Fathers Skaggs hopes not only to celebrate
the work of Monroe and his pioneering band, but educate younger fans on
bluegrass' beginnings.
Comprised of 12 songs that Monroe and his band recorded in '46 and '47,
the album marks a new pinnacle for Skaggs, a landmark in a career with
no shortage of landmarks -- from playing the Opry at seven (with Flatt and
Scruggs) to multi-platinum country superstardom in the 1980's to an
astonishing run of success since returning to bluegrass in 1997. Skaggs
position is firm as one of the country's true musical treasures and
icons. He could perhaps even be called a modern day country music
Midas.
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass Track Listing (not sequenced):
Why Did You Wander
When You're Lonely
Mighty Dark
Toy Heart
Bluegrass Breakdown
Remember the Cross
I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
Mansions For Me
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
Little Cabin Home On The Hill
I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling
The Old Cross Roads
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