Ricky Skaggs Best Of The Sugar Hill Years

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For all Ricky Skaggs did to bring roots to country, this collection is the hand-picked music of Skaggs in his early years. Classics like “I’ll Stay Around” and “Little Cabin Home On The Hill” from Sweet Temptation show an artist who had internalised the sound and tone of the founding fathers, while Tony Rice’s guitar solos introduce overtones of innovation. With the string of Grammy-winning discs since, he’s returned to the form and function of his Sugar Hill years. He’s always been ahead of the curve with yesterday’s sounds, and you can hear why in these cuts.

1. Daniel Prayed 2. I’ll Stay Around 3. Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow 4. Little Cabin Home On The Hill 5. Drifting Too Far From The Shore 6. Little Community Church 7. I’m Not Broke, But I’m Badly Bent 8. Head Over Heels In Love With You 9. The Old Crossroads 10. No Mother Or Dad 11. If I Needed You 12. Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies 13. I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome