RICKY SKAGGS PERFORMS AT MERLEFEST
Ricky Skaggs, joined by the Kentucky Thunder Band, plays traditional bluegrass music at Merlefest, a four-day Americana music festival, at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C. on April 30, 2005. This is the 18th anniversary of the festival, which draws top bluegrass, country and American roots musicians. (UPI Photo/Nell Redmond)
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