written by Hillary Kanter and Even Stevens
recorded by Ricky Skaggs

https://youtu.be/WLp3P0xX4b8


In 1980 a young Bluegrass / Country artist hit the air waves for the first time on his own. Ricky Skaggs had been kicking around the music scene for quite a while, (starting when he was 10), but in 1980 he began his solo career and helped revitalize Country Music. Somewhere about that...

written by William Matthew Golden (1914)
recorded by Tony Rice and Ricky Skaggs
https://youtu.be/wrVl5NHbFbg


Here is a beautiful gospel number, written by William Matthew Golden, called 'Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies'. I came across it on the internet and I simply had to try my hand at it. The version I covered was based upon the recording made by Tony Rice and Ricky Skaggs.
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written by Ralph Stanley
recorded by Emmylou Harris and Ricky Skaggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1c5KH6NLo

Why do I like the, slow, soft songs so much? For a long, long, time now the pattern in country music has been to play faster tunes that sound more intricate and complicated. Most people seem to think that the faster you can play the hard parts, the better the instrumentalist you must be. I’m not sure if that is exactly true. In many cases it is easier to cover...

Alright I didn't do as good a cover of this as I would have liked. I tried time & time again but could not get a saticfactory recording. I'm just not good enough. So why poste it? For the same reason I poste all of my efforts. Because this song deserves to be brought forward into the eyes of the public who might, as yet, have not heard it. One of the greatest gospel numbers I have ever heard, it never fails to stir my heart into a flurie. Ricky Skaggs does an awesome job presenting this number....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tROYAyOG2-0&feature=plcp

My cover of a Ricky Skaggs number, (yeh I know I put Randy Travis in the credits. I Always get those two mixed up. Sorry Ricky!) This tune often reminds me of my youth when I was on the farm. The slide show is all of my family, immediate and extended. Hope you like it.