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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 musicalong with the Ten Commandments of Bluegrass, as handed down by Rickys 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 Skaggss most essential gospel songs and a bevy of personal snapshots of his musical heroes.For readers of Johnny Cashs autobiography, lovers of O Brother Where Art Thou, and fans of country music and bluegrass, Kentucky Traveler is a priceless look at Americas most cherished and vibrant musical tradition through the eyes of someone who has lived it.
