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Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe

Dolly Parton

Album · 2002 · Skaggs Family Records SKFR 165030

Ricky Skaggs & Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe was released in 2002 on Skaggs Family Records (SKFR 165030); a Lyric Street edition (2061 65030-2) is dated 26 February 2002. Each of its fourteen tracks has a different lead singer rather than a single band fronting the record. Bruce Hornsby opens with “Darlin’ Corey,” and the singers who follow include Dolly Parton on “Cry, Cry Darlin’,” Patty Loveless on “Close By,” the Whites on “Used to Be,” the Dixie Chicks on “Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine,” Travis Tritt on “My Little Georgia Rose,” Charlie Daniels on “I Am a Pilgrim,” Mary Chapin Carpenter on “Blue Night” and Dwight Yoakam on “Rocky Road Blues.” Joan Osborne sings lead on “On the Old Kentucky Shore” with Skaggs also credited as a vocalist.

Skaggs takes the lead himself on “Uncle Pen,” and the last track, “Big Mon,” is an instrumental.

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