Savannah Music Festival LIVE 744 – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
That high lonesome sound known as bluegrass is a music steeped in tradition. Inspired by the music of Appalachia with roots in Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English traditional music, it first emerged in the 1930s when Kentucky native Bill Monroe formed his famous bluegrass boys. One of bluegrass music’s modern day masters is tenor and mandolin player Ricky Skaggs, who is featured on this episode from a 2014 SMF performance with his band Kentucky Thunder.