AllStar Bluegrass Celebration

A pairing of bluegrass legends with a newer generation of bluegrass stars the AllStar Bluegrass Celebration was recorded live on January 16 2002 at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville TN for a PBS television production Hosted by Ricky Skaggs the program featured veterans like Del McCoury Ralph Stanley and Earl Scruggs paired with neobluegrass performers like Nickel Creek and Alison Krauss Ralph Stanley steals the show with his signature a cappella version of Oh Death and Earl Scruggs is simply amazing on banjo as always Other highlights include Bruce Hornsby playing what can only be described as bluegrass piano on the traditional Darlin Cory and the beautiful wistful Seven Wonders by Nickel Creek