''Instrumentals'' is an album by

Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ...

and

Kentucky Thunder Kentucky Thunder, or Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, is the band that plays with American country and bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs. Many members of the band have won numerous awards. Bandleader Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin and is the lea ...

, released through Skaggs Family Records on August 1, 2006. In 2007, the album won the group the

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

for

Best Bluegrass Album The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the bluegrass m ...

Track listing

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

Personnel

– lead vocals, mandolin,

archtop guitar An archtop guitar is a hollow electric or semi-acoustic guitar with a full body and a distinctive arched top, whose sound is particularly popular with jazz, blues, and rockabilly players. Typically, an archtop guitar has: * Six strings * An ...

(1, 3-11), Clawhammer-style banjo (1), electric guitar (2, 3, 8), percussion (2), high-string guitar (5),

mandocello The mandocello ( it, mandoloncello, Liuto cantabile, liuto moderno) is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It is larger than the mandolin, and is the baritone instrument of the mandolin family. Its eight strings are in four paire ...

(5) * Jeff Taylor – accordion (1, 5, 6, 10),

whistle A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. Whistles vary in size from a small slide whistle or nose flute type to a lar ...

(5), penny whistle (10) * Cody Kilby – rhythm guitars * Jim Mills – banjo (1-4, 6, 8-11) * Mark Fain – bass *

Andy Leftwich Kentucky Thunder, or Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, is the band that plays with American country and bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs. Many members of the band have won numerous awards. Bandleader Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin and is the le ...

– fiddle *

Andy Statman Andy Statman (born 1950) is a noted American klezmer clarinetist and bluegrass/ newgrass mandolinist. Life and career Statman was born in New York City and grew up in the borough of Queens. Beginning at age 12, he learned to play banjo and g ...

– clarinet (7) Additional musicians *

The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...

– orchestra (5) * Jim Gray – orchestrations and conductor (5) * Carl Gorodetzky – contractor (5)

Production

* Lee Groitzsch – recording, mixing * Brent King – recording, mixing * Andrew Mendelson – mastering * Christoph Giese – photography

Chart performance

References

External links

Ricky Skaggs' official site
{{Authority control 2006 albums Ricky Skaggs albums Collaborative albums Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album