Ricky Skaggs' 'Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass' Nominated for Best Bluegrass Album Grammy

Ricky Skaggs' 'Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947' (Skaggs Family Records) has been nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award in the Best Bluegrass Album category. The album is an inspired tribute to Bill Monroe and the "Original Bluegrass Band," featuring Skaggs and his ace band Kentucky Thunder taking on the songs that Monroe birthed the genre with. Billboard called 'Honoring the Fathers' "nothing short of brilliant," while New York Times said "there is an unmistakable integrity to his effort here...its subject, like its execution, comes across as admirably vivid."

2008 kicked off with Skaggs winning his 13th Grammy Award in the Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album category for 'Salt of the Earth' (Skaggs Family Records), and he most recently collaborated with The Raconteurs on a bluegrass inspired version of the band's "Old Enough." In between, he not only released 'Honoring the Fathers," but also the critically acclaimed 'The High Notes' (Cracker Barrel). Skaggs appeared on the CBS Early Show and the Late, Late show with Craig Ferguson, as well as touring almost 200 days with Kentucky Thunder.

Skaggs' career has had no shortage of landmarks. It began with a performance at the Opry at 7, and over the course of his 37 year career, on top of the 13 Grammy Awards, Skaggs has won 10 IBMA awards, 8 CMA awards, and 8 ACM awards. In 1982, Ricky was made the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry, and Skaggs has had 12 #1 singles on the Billboard Country charts and 12 Top Country albums. His position is firm as one of the country's true musical treasures and icons.