Instrumentals (Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder album)

Instrumentals is an album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, released through Skaggs Family Records on August 1, 2006. In 2007, the album won the group the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

Track listing

 * 1) "Going to Richmond" – 3:41
 * 2) "Missing Vassar" – 4:25
 * 3) "Wayward to Hayward" – 5:22
 * 4) "Montana Slim" – 3:32
 * 5) "Crossing the Briney" – 7:07
 * 6) "Crossville" – 3:48
 * 7) "Gallatin Rag" – 4:08
 * 8) "Dawg's Breath" – 5:12
 * 9) "Spam Jelly" – 3:30
 * 10) "Goin' to the Ceili" – 3:33
 * 11) "Polk City" – 3:14

Personnel

 * Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, mandolin, archtop guitar (1, 3-11), Clawhammer-style banjo (1), electric guitar (2, 3, 8), percussion (2), high-string guitar (5), mandocello (5)
 * Jeff Taylor – accordion (1, 5, 6, 10), whistle (5), penny whistle (10)
 * Cody Kilby – rhythm guitars
 * Jim Mills – banjo (1-4, 6, 8-11)
 * Mark Fain – bass
 * Andy Leftwich – fiddle
 * Andy Statman – clarinet (7)

Additional musicians
 * The Nashville String Machine – orchestra (5)
 * Jim Gray – orchestrations and conductor (5)
 * Carl Gorodetzky – contractor (5)

Production

 * Lee Groitzsch – recording, mixing
 * Brent King – recording, mixing
 * Andrew Mendelson – mastering
 * Christoph Giese – photography