Bluegrass Rules!

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

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Bluegrass Rules! is an album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, released through Rounder Records on October 21, 1997. 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

External links

• Ricky Skaggs' official site