Legacy: A Tribute to the First Generation of Bluegrass (Sugar Hill SUG-CD 9202) is a tribute compilation from Sugar Hill Records presenting contemporary acoustic performers honoring the musicians who established bluegrass in its first decade — the period from the mid-1940s through the mid-1950s when Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers built the genre's foundational vocabulary. Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin, fiddle, and sings, serving as the project's guiding presence alongside additional contributors drawn from the contemporary bluegrass and acoustic country world. The program draws from the canonical repertoire of the first generation — compositions and arrangements that defined what bluegrass sounds like — and presents them with the reverence and technical command that the material demands from any performers willing to measure themselves against it.
Tracklist
- 1 Rose of old Kentucky 3:28
- 2 I’ll Take the Blame alt version 2:19
- 3 Memories of mother & dad 2:28
- 4 Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong alt version 3:33
- 5 Preachin', prayin', singin' 2:31
- 6 Our Last Goodbye alt version 3:03
- 7 If I Should Wander Back Tonight alt version 2:42
- 8 Big Mon alt version 2:54
- 9 She’s More to be Pitied alt version 2:15
- 10 Dark as the Night Blue as the Day alt version 4:11
- 11 I’m Lonesome Without You alt version 3:21
- 12 Get in Line Brother alt version 2:21
- 13 Don’t This Road Look Rough and Rocky alt version 2:52
- 14 I'm going back to the old home 2:11
- 15 Baby girl 2:22
- 16 Memories of Mother and Dad alt version