Kentucky Traveler - My Life in Music

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ricky Skaggs, Skaggs Ricky
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.08.2014
• EAN: 9780061917349
• ISBN: 978-0-06-191734-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Entertainment & Performing Arts, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / General, RELIGION: History, RELIGION: Spirituality, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Fashion, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass, MUSIC: Individual Composer & Musician, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), RELIGION: Faith