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Country Boy

A number one country album of ten tracks, with Bill Monroe on mandolin on one.
Ricky Skaggs, 1984

Skaggs sings and plays guitars, mandolin and fiddle; keyboards are by Gary Smith, Dennis Burnside and Buck White, steel by Bruce Bouton, Lloyd Green and Buddy Emmons, banjo by Lou Reid, fiddle by Bobby Hicks, bass by Jesse Chambers and Joe Osborn, and drums by George Grantham and Eddie Bayers. Bill Monroe plays mandolin on his own "Wheel Hoss". Marshall Morgan engineered and mixed it and Glenn Meadows mastered it at Masterfonics. It reached 1 on Top Country Albums and 180 on the Billboard 200, with AllMusic's Al Campbell giving 4.5 stars. Singles were "Something in My Heart" and "Country Boy".

Track listing

  1. Country Boy3:50
  2. Something in My Heart2:42
  3. Patiently Waiting2:51
  4. Two Highways3:51
  5. Wheel Hoss2:57
  6. Rendezvous3:34
  7. Brand New Me3:27
  8. Window Up Above3:04
  9. Baby I'm in Love with You2:12
  10. I'm Ready to Go2:37

More from Ricky Skaggs

That's It (1975), Sweet Temptation (1979), Waitin' For The Sun To Shine (1981), Family & Friends (1982), Highways & Heartaches (1982), Don't Cheat In Our Hometown (1983), Love's Gonna Get Ya! (1986), Comin' Home To Stay (1988), Kentucky Thunder (1989), My Father's Son (1991), Solid Ground (1995), Life Is A Journey (1997), Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) (2009), Mosaic (2010)

Sources

  1. Country Boy (Ricky Skaggs album), Wikipedia
  2. Ricky Skaggs, Country Music Hall of Fame