Skaggs Ricky

Waitin' for the Sun Skaggs Ricky

2 ON 1, 1981 & 1982 ALBUMS

WAITIN’ FOR THE SUN TO SHINE

01. If That’s The Way You Feel

02. Don’t Get Above Your Raising

03. Your Old Love Letters 4. Low And Lonely

05. Waitin’ For The Sun To Shine

06. You May See Me Walkin’

07. Crying My Heart Out Over You

08. Lost To A Stranger 9. I Don’t Care

10. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed

HIGHWAYS & HEARTACHES

11. Heartbroke

12. You’ve Got A Lover

13. Don’t Think I’ll Cry

14. Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die

15. Nothing Can Hurt You

16. I Wouldn’t Change You If I Could

17. Can’t You Hear Me Callin’

18. Highway 40 Blues

*Originally released in 1981 and 1982 on the Epic record label and now

appearing for the first time as a 2 on 1 CD.

* Quote from AMG: The term “multi-talented” lacks the power to

characterise this extraordinary singer and instrumentalist. Not only can

he sing and pick with the best in progressive country, his broad and

deep experience in traditional music separates him from the crowd. In

the estimation of many, he is without peer as a combination vocalist

and instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo). After playing with

Ralph Stanley for three years, Skaggs moved on to progressive

bluegrass bands the Country Gentlemen and J.D. Crowe & the New

South. With his own band, Boone Creek, he mixed the old and the

new, adding Django Reinhardt. Skaggs took Rodney Crowell’s place in

Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band in 1977, and the band’s excellent ‘Roses In

The Snow’ album showcased Skaggs’ versatility.

Two No.1 hits came out of his 1981 album ‘Waitin’ For The Sun To

Shine’, and the awards started arriving. Ricky Skaggs is largely

responsible for a back-to-basics movement in country music. ‘Waitin’

For The Sun To Shine’was Ricky’s first album to be released after

signing to the Epic Record label and brought him into the mainstream.

The album has a straightforward mountain approach with one of the

best songs being the title track – recently covered by Lee Ann Womack

on her ‘There’s More Where That Came From’LP.

On 1982’s ‘Highways & Heartaches’, Skaggs developed his bluegrass

roots with new traditionalist sensibilities and catchy pop tunes,

making this album one of his best. Four of the tracks – ‘Heartbroke’,

‘You’ve Got A Lover’, ‘I Wouldn’t Change You If I Could’and ‘Highway

40 Blues’– were chart-toppers. The remainder of the decade found

Skaggs often at the top of both the country single and album charts.