Bluegrass Rules!

Bluegrass Rules! is an album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, released through Rounder Records on October 21, 1997.^[1] In 1999, the album won the group the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

Bluegrass Rules!
Studio album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Released	October 21, 1997
Genre	Bluegrass, country
Label	Rounder
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Life Is a Journey (1997) Bluegrass Rules! (1997) Ancient Tones (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "J.D.'s Words of Wisdom" – 0:05
2. "Get Up John" (Bill Monroe) – 4:06
3. "I Hope You've Learned" (Bill Carrigan, Eugene Butler) 2:20
4. "Think of What You've Done" (Carter Stanley) – 2:37
5. "Another Night" (Jack Adkins) – 3:57
6. "The Drunken Driver" (Paul Westmoreland) – 3:10
7. "Little Maggie" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:20
8. "Amanda Jewell" (Ricky Skaggs) – 2:51
9. "If I Lose" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:09
10. "Ridin' That Midnight Train" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:20
11. "Rank Stranger" (Albert E. Brumley) – 3:03
12. "Somehow Tonight" (Earl Scruggs) – 2:51
13. "Rawhide" (Bill Monroe) – 2:59
14. "Well Glory" – 0:12

Personnel

Paul Brewster – guitars, vocals Kent Bruce – assistant engineer Don Cobb – mastering Craig Crutchfield – design Tom Davis – engineer Jerry Douglas – dobro Stuart Duncan – fiddle Mark Fain – bass Carlos Grier – mastering Bobby Hicks – fiddle Kentucky Thunder – band Graham Lewis – assistant engineer Jim McGuire – photography

Alan Messer – photography Dennis Parker – guitars, vocals Marc Pruett – banjo Denny Purcell – mastering Jonathan Russell – mastering Al Schulman – engineer Ricky Skaggs – guitars, mandolin, vocals, production, photography Jason Stelluto – assistant engineer Chris Stone – assistant engineer Bryan Sutton – guitars King Williams – assistant engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	45