Author : Ricky Skaggs
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006209243X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Book Synopsis Kentucky Traveler by : Ricky Skaggs
Download or read book Kentucky Traveler written by Ricky Skaggs and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kentucky Traveler, Ricky Skaggs, the music legend who revived modern bluegrass music, gives a warm, honest, one-of-a-kind memoir of forty years in music—along with the Ten Commandments of Bluegrass, as handed down by Ricky’s mentor Bill Monroe; the Essential Guide to Bedrock Country Songs, a lovingly compiled walk through the songs that have moved Skaggs the most throughout his life; Songs the Lord Taught Us, a primer on Skaggs’s most essential gospel songs; and a bevy of personal snapshots of his musical heroes. For readers of Johnny Cash’s autobiography, lovers of O Brother Where Art Thou, and fans of country music and bluegrass, Kentucky Traveler is a priceless look at America’s most cherished and vibrant musical tradition through the eyes of someone who has lived it.