Garth Brooks inducts Ricky Skaggs into the Country Music Hall of Fame, but both get upstaged by Bill Monroe's mandolin when the priceless instrument is placed in Skaggs' hands to play Nancy Kruh ...

Raised in Byrdstown, Tennessee (population: 798), Hull was handed a mandolin at just eight years ... Hull's in-demand status ...

an endeavor for which Olympian levels of flatpicking are often required to perform the melodies and solos you will hear from great mandolin players like Sam Bush, Bill Monroe and David Grisman.