Product Details

• Actors: Ricky Skaggs
• Directors: Steve Angus
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Skaggs Family
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
• Run Time: 52 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000DJZBO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,838 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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SOLDIER OF THE CROSS:THE CONCERT - DVD Movie

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top-flight bluegrass gospel, with beautiful picking & vocals, November 27, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder: Soldier of the Cross - The Concert (DVD)

It's possible that at this point in his life, bandleader Ricky Skaggs has done more to promote old-fashioned bluegrass gospel than practically anyone else alive, other than his old mentor, Dr. Ralph Stanley. This concert DVD captures Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, in fine form, performing top-flight versions of many standards of the genre and several new tunes that he has contributed in recent years. The "high lonesome" vocal harmony tunes are the sublime, although the picking is pretty darn hot, as well. In addition to his various hotshot bandmembers -- multi-instrumentalists Jim Roll, Andy Leftwich, <i>et al.</i> -- Skaggs also plays host to several soulful guest performers, including his wife, Sharon White and her family, The Whites, who can throw on a mean harmony or two themselves, if they put their minds to it. The songs are interspersed with commentary by Ricky, about his faith, family and friends. In general, this material shouldn't too noxious to secular-minded bluegrass fans, since the performances themselves are both skillfully filmed and spine-tinglingy resonant. If you are of a resolutely agnostic or atheistic bent, though, then best to leave this one be... Ricky's born again envangelicism will probably get on your nerves. Anyone who likes Ricky on either his religious or musical merits, though, will love this: it's quite a nice concert!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great, July 18, 2005

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Mike "Mike$" (Mathews,VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder: Soldier of the Cross - The Concert (DVD)

I had a few skipping problems with this dvd but they seem to have gone away. It is very good but it just isnt great. There is plenty of other way better bluegrass dvd's avalible out there. And before you buy this one i would get some other bluegrass dvd like "High Lonesome" All Star Bluegrass Celebration, or The Three Pickers.

Mike in Virginia

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Music... Bad DVD, May 23, 2004

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Kenny McSpadden (Curby, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder: Soldier of the Cross - The Concert (DVD)

I ordered this DVD from Amazon and sent it back because 5 seconds into every song there was a 5 second delay. I was so happy to recieve my second DVD because the music is really great, but the same thing also happened with this DVD.