"My Old Kentucky Home" Top 5 Page for this destination Kentucky by Krumlovgirl

Except for brief interludes that required me to live in other states (or countries) for job and school purposes, I have lived my entire life in Kentucky. A lot of people that I knew when I was younger didn’t like living there and their biggest ambition was to get out of the state. Me? I always liked it. There are some parts that I like better than others, and I’ve lived in a few places that I wouldn’t really want to live in again, but on the whole it’s a very nice state. Yes, we do wear shoes. We have the Internet. We are not all inbred (although I am related to my dad twice-once through marriage) and we’re not all rednecks. Although I have nothing against rednecks personally. I know a few myself and they’re some of my favorite people.

Kentucky is extremely diverse when it comes to geography. We have the Appalachian Mountains in the east. This is where you’ll find the coal mines (Portal 31 lets you take a tour through it and it’s awesome), the Daniel Boone National Forest, the Cumberland Gap, the Red River Gorge (where I am from originally), and the Country Music Highway. In the central part of the state we have the Kentucky River and the palisades. It’s a little hilly, but this is mostly where you’ll see the horses, rolling farms, and bigger towns. Well, bigger as opposed to the east. There are many historical homes, museums, family activities, and plenty of things to keep you occupied. Frankfort (our capital) is in central Kentucky, as are Lexington, Richmond, Corbin, Berea, Danville, and Somerset. In the west, there are virtually no hills at all and it’s mostly flat. We do have the Land Between the Lakes, a park, and Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky.

cane mill in Mt. Sterling

We’ve had many a country music singer come from Eastern Kentucky. Actually, we’ve had several come from Central and Western Kentucky, too. But the Eastern part of the state had so many that they named a highway after the artists. Having grown up there, and it’s a fairly small area, I remember people talking about Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley like they were family. Heck, they probably WERE. The East is very proud of their musical heritage.

The Highway pays tribute to:

Billy Ray Cyrus
The Judds
Ricky Skaggs
Hylo Brown
Loretta Lynn
Crystal Gayle
Dwight Yoakam
Patty Loveless

Other famous Kentuckians:
Johnny Depp
Annie Potts
Keith Whitley
Diane Sawyer
Red Foley
Brian Littrell
Kevin Richardson
Rebecca Lynn Howard
Grandpa Jones
Montgomery Gentry
Exile
John Michael Montgomery
Muhammad Ali
Rosemary Clooney
Irene Dunne
Bill Monroe
Patricia Neal
Hunter S. Thompson

Songs That Mention Kentucky *

“Scar Tissue” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Kentucky Waltz”
“Kentucky Rain” by Elvis
“Bus Fare to Kentucky” by Skeeter Davis
“Tenntucky” by Billy Ray Cyrus
“You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” by Patty Loveless
“Blue Kentucky Girl” by Emmylou Harris
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” by Loretta Lynn
“John Deere Tractor” by the Judds
“Guardian Angels” by the Judds
“Kentucky Bluebird” by Keith Whitley
“My Old Kentucky Home” by Stephen Foster (our state song)

Cave Run Lake near Morehead

Richmond

Lexington

Berea

West Liberty

Mt. Sterling

Campton

Winchester

Valley View

"Kentucky Bluebird"

Blown down the highway
By two different winds
Lord only knows
When I'll see you again
You're 'bout as close
As the moon up above
You're my long distance love

Kentucky Bluebird
I heard your song today
But when I try to touch you
You fly away

Blue is a feeling I'm learning so well
Turn on the TV
In another hotel
Turn down the volume
And stare at the wall
God I wish you would call

Kentucky Bluebird
I heard your song today
But when I try to touch you
You fly away

How I hate the miles between us
They get longer each day
I had this dream
And you should have seen us
Holding each other
And drifting away

Kentucky Bluebird
I heard your song today
But when I try to touch you
You fly away