Kentucky Appalachians Kentucky Appalachians Hear the voices and the stories of country music’s luminaries and history’s legends in these mountains. Overlook near Morehead DEEP MUSICAL ROOTS Must be something in the water. For here is country music’s motherlode: Loretta Lynn, The Judds, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakam, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tom T. Hall, Larry Cordle, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Gary Stewart, Hylo Brown, Crystal Gayle, Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton. All have roots in this mountainous terrain, their shared legacy connected by US 23, Kentucky’s famed “Country Music Highway.” “KENTUCKY IS PART OF ME” “I take with me Kentucky …” said writer Jesse Stuart. “Since I am Kentucky, and Kentucky is part of me.” Yes, the Kentucky Appalachians region just has that kind of pull. Its heritage lives on in the 19th century cra s and early farming demos of Mountain Homeplace, the whimsical works at Kentucky Folk Art Center and the saga of the Hat elds and McCoys. Play at Kentucky Appalachian's seven state parks, whitewater ra the Russell Fork Gorge, go zip lining and o -roading, and Also celebrating the state’s musical heritage is the Mountain Arts Center, home of the Kentucky Opry and host to headliners and emerging stars, and Ashland’s Paramount Arts Center. eat the chocolates and bourbon balls at Ruth Hunt Candies in Mt. Sterling. 42 1-800-225-8747
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