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Bluegrass Rules!

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.

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Jul 2, 2026
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≈ 1 min
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287 w
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Bluegrass Rules!
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 1997
GenreBluegrass, country
LabelRounder
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, 1997.1 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

Chart performance

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

References

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