Kentucky Traveler
My Life in Music
On Sale: 08/05/2014
Kentucky Traveler
My Life in Music
On Sale: 08/05/2014
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About the Book
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.
Critical Praise
“[Skaggs’] career has been a matter of following a God-given calling.…He tells the stories of the first half of his life and of the rest, too, with natural enthusiasm, innate good nature, and an unflagging, positive Christian spirit.” — Booklist (starred review)
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780061917349
- ISBN 10: 0061917346
- Imprint: Dey Street Books
- On Sale: 08/05/2014
- Pages: 368
- List Price:24.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician
- BISAC2 : MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
- BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts