Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe is a tribute studio album from Ricky Skaggs, the Lawrence County, Kentucky multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who became one of Monroe's most publicly committed champions during his commercial country years and beyond, gathering a roster of contemporary performers to deliver the Monroe songbook in the acoustic ensemble context the compositions were written to inhabit. Skaggs plays mandolin and sings; Stuart Duncan plays fiddle; Clay Hess plays guitar; Doug Meek and Jimmy Stewart contribute additional instrumental work; and Dolly Parton joins as a guest vocalist. The program draws from Monroe's most beloved compositions and presents them in arrangements informed by Skaggs' deep immersion in the Blue Grass Boys tradition — honoring the Father of Bluegrass with the technical seriousness and musical intelligence his legacy demands from any performer willing to take it on directly.