Instrumentals (Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder album)

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Instrumentals
Ricky Skaggs Instrumentals cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1, 2006
Genre Bluegrass music
Label Skaggs Family Records
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Brand New Strings
(2004)
Instrumentals
(2006)
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
(2007)
Professional ratings
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Instrumentals is an album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, released through Skaggs Family Records on August 1, 2006. [1] In 2007, the album won the group the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Going to Richmond" – 3:41
  2. "Missing Vassar" – 4:25
  3. "Wayward to Hayward" – 5:22
  4. "Montana Slim" – 3:32
  5. "Crossing the Briney" – 7:07
  6. "Crossville" – 3:48
  7. "Gallatin Rag" – 4:08
  8. "Dawg's Breath" – 5:12
  9. "Spam Jelly" – 3:30
  10. "Goin' to the Ceili" – 3:33
  11. "Polk City" – 3:14

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

Chart performance

Chart (2006)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums73

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References

  1. 1 2 "Instrumentals". Allmusic . Retrieved August 2, 2010.