Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 is an album by Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs

Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...

 and Kentucky Thunder

Kentucky Thunder

Kentucky Thunder, or Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, is the band that plays with Ricky Skaggs. Many members of the band have won numerous awards. Bandleader Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin and is the lead vocalist...

, released through Skaggs Family Records on March 25, 2008. In 2009, the album won the group the Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Bluegrass Album

Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album

The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the bluegrass music genre...

. This album provides as a tribute to the father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe

William Smith Monroe was an American musician who created the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader...

, along with other bluegrass pioneers, including Lester Flatt

Lester Flatt

Lester Raymond Flatt was a bluegrass musician and guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his membership in the Bluegrass duo The Foggy Mountain Boys, also known as "Flatt and Scruggs," with banjo picker Earl Scruggs. Flatt's career spanned multiple decades; besides his work with Scruggs, he...

, and Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs is an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music...

, who made a guest appearance on this album, at 85 years old when the project was recorded.

Track listing

1. "Goin' Back to Old Kentucky" 3:06
2. "When You're Lonely" (Flatt) – 3:04
3. "Toy Heart" – 3:31
4. "It's Mighty Dark to Travel" – 3:05
5. "Mother's Only Sleeping" – 3:12
6. "Bluegrass Breakdown" – 2:55
7. "Little Cabin Home on the Hill" (Flatt) – 3:15
8. "Mansions for Me" – 3:28
9. "Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong" (Flatt) – 2:56
10. "Why Did You Wander" (Flatt) – 2:50
11. "Remember the Cross" (Watts) – 3:00
12. "The Old Crossroad" – 2:52

Personnel

• Erick Anderson – Design, Photography
• Paul Brewster – Tenor (Vocal)
• Candy Burton – Make-Up, Hair Stylist
• Mark Fain – Bass
• Lester Flatt – Composer
• Gordon Gillingham – Photography
• Lee Groitzsch – Assistant
• John Hood – Photography
• Cody Kilby – Guitar, Soloist

• Brent King – Engineer, Mixing
• Andy Leftwich – Fiddle
• Del McCoury
  Del McCoury
  Delano Floyd McCoury is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury, who play mandolin and banjo respectively...
  
   – Tenor (Vocal), Guest Appearance
• Andrew Mendelson – Mastering
• Jim Mills – Banjo, Bass (Vocal)
• Earl Scruggs – Banjo, Guest Appearance
• Ricky Skaggs
  Ricky Skaggs
  Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
  
  – Mandolin, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes, Photography
• Darrin Vincent – Baritone (Vocal)
• Howard Watts – Composer

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	29
U.S. Billboard 200	191
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	26