Highways & Heartaches (Ricky Skaggs album)

Highways & Heartaches is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1982 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Personnel

 * Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6), mandolin (2, 4, 8), fiddle (2), electric guitar (6), mandocaster (10)
 * Micky Merrett – acoustic piano (1, 8, 10)
 * Dennis Burnside – acoustic piano (2, 5)
 * Buck White – acoustic piano (3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
 * Ray Flacke – electric guitars (1, 7, 8, 10), electric rhythm guitar (9)
 * Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (1, 8, 10)
 * Lloyd Green – steel guitar (2, 5)
 * Weldon Myrick – steel guitar (3, 6, 9)
 * Jerry Douglas – dobro (4, 7)
 * Béla Fleck – banjo (8)
 * Jesse Chambers – bass (1, 7, 10)
 * Joe Osborn – bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), acoustic bass (4)
 * Rodney Price – drums (1, 7, 10)
 * Jerry Kroon – drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
 * Eddie Bayers – percussion (7)
 * Bobby Hicks – fiddle (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
 * George Grantham – backing vocals (1)
 * Sharon White-Skaggs – backing vocals (4, 5, 6), harmony vocals (9)
 * The Lea Jane Singers – backing vocals (5)

Production

 * Ricky Skaggs – producer
 * Marshall Morgan – assistant producer, engineer, mixing
 * Pat McMakin – assistant engineer
 * Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
 * Virginia Team – art direction, design
 * Beverly Parker – photography
 * Chip Peay Enterprises – management