Kentucky Thunder (album)

Kentucky Thunder is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1989 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Personnel

 * Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-4, 6-10), mandolin (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 10), fiddle (9), triangle (9)
 * Barry Beckett – acoustic piano (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
 * Shane Keister – acoustic piano (4, 9)
 * Joey Miskulin – accordion (9)
 * Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3, 6-10)
 * Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 4, 6)
 * Albert Lee – electric lead guitar (1, 2, 6)
 * Steve Gibson – electric guitar, mandolin (2)
 * Terry Crisp – steel guitar (3)
 * Lloyd Green – steel guitar (5, 8, 9, 10)
 * Béla Fleck – banjo (4, 7)
 * Jerry Douglas – dobro (5, 6, 7)
 * David Hungate – bass guitar (1-8, 10)
 * Roy Huskey Jr. – upright bass (1, 2, 4)
 * Larry Paxton – bass guitar (9)
 * Eddie Bayers – drums
 * Stuart Duncan – fiddle (1, 3-6, 10)
 * Bobby Hicks – fiddle (7)
 * Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (5)
 * Curtis Young – backing vocals (5)

Production

 * Steve Buckingham – producer
 * Ricky Skaggs – producer
 * John Abbott – engineer
 * Joe Bogan – engineer
 * Rodney Good – engineer
 * Patrick Hutchinson – engineer
 * John Hurley – engineer
 * Doug Johnson – engineer, mixing (2)
 * Brad Jones – engineer
 * Kyle Lehning – engineer
 * George Massenberg – engineer, mixing (1, 3-10)
 * Pat McMakin – engineer
 * Gary Paczosa – electric
 * Mike Poole – engineer
 * Dennis Ritchie – engineer
 * Ed Seay – engineer
 * Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
 * Bill Johnson – art direction
 * Rollow Welch – art assistance
 * Michael Rutherford – photography
 * Earl Cox – hair stylist
 * Elizabeth Linamen – make-up
 * Ricky Skaggs Enterprises – management