Ridge Runner Records
| Ridge Runner Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Richey Records |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Founder | Slim Richey |
| Genre | Bluegrass music, Country music |
| Country of origin | US |
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas |
Ridge Runner Records was a record label based in Fort Worth, Texas specializing primarily in acoustic music from Texas and Oklahoma. Ridge Runner was one of the first labels to release and market bluegrass music in the Southwest U.S.
While operating Warehouse Music in Fort Worth in the mid-70s, selling guitars and musical equipment, Richey began making records on his Ridge Runner label.
One of the first goals of Ridge Runner was to record and release albums by banjo player Alan Munde, but the label branched out to other bluegrass and country musicians and groups.
Ridger Runner released Jazz Grass which featured bluegrass musicians to play jazz standards. The album featured Richey and Sumter Bruton on guitar; Dan Huckabee on Dobro; Richard Greene, Ricky Skaggs, and Sam Bush on fiddle; Joe Carr and Kerby Stewart on mandolin; and Bill Keith, Gerald Jones, and Alan Munde on banjo.
Other significant albums released by Ridge Runner include:
Ridge Runner also published Slim Richey's bluegrass songbooks and music instruction videos.
Ridge Runner and sister label Flying High Records were under the umbrella of Richey Records.
Here is a partial list of artists who have released recordings on the Ridge Runner label.
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