Kentucky Traveler
My Life in Music

I have to be honest, I've heard bluegrass and been to a show or two, but to know the history of it or the intricate details, I know nothing. I know a little more now. My little monkey absolutely loves bluegrass. I listen to music all the time and she just loves music. But, unexplainably, she adores......more

Very folksy aw shucks auto-bio, with fascinating stories about working with Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, and Emmylou Harris -- among other greats. This book is about his music, but also very much about his Christian faith -- lots of religious content. Players and gearheads will enjoy the detailed tal......more

Skaggs talks about his early life (born in 1954) in rural Kentucky, his musical parents, and his development as a mandolin,violin,and guitar player. His earliest influence after his parents was Bill Monroe, famous bluegrass musician. The book was a good combination of his family, musical development......more

A smooth-reading autobiography that is just as much spiritual as it is musical. Ricky Skaggs infuses the Christian spirit from start to end in this book, which I found renewing to my own faith journey. For those who have a negative relationship with Christianity, this is probably not the book for yo......more

Just about anyone interested in bluegrass and/or country music would be predisposed to welcome Ricky Skaggs' new autobiography. A musical prodigy who at age 6 played on stage with Bill Monroe (Monroe handed over his famous Lloyd Loar mandolin for the performance), Skaggs was featured on a show the n......more