Words Fail Me is fingerstyle guitarist Rick Ruskin's solo CD from 1997, featuring all original compositions. Ruskin started playing guitar in 1962 and in just one year became a respected professional musician in his native Detroit, Michigan. In 1964 he was chosen to open the bill for the Reverend Gary Davis at Detroit's legendary Retort Coffee House. This engagement resulted in a fast and permanent friendship with the master blues, ragtime, and gospel guitarist. In addition to being a top guitar player, Ruskin is a singer, composer and arranger of note. He is known for his many fine compositions such as "Maze Music for Mice", "Six String Conspiracy", and "Kudah Duxx", a track previously featured in Fingerstyle Guitar magazine. He's also known for his arrangements of such pop classics as "Lady Madonna", "Riki Don't Lose That Number", and "Here Comes The Sun". Guitar Player magazine enthuses, "...so brilliant at times that he seems to transcend normal approaches to the guitar... Ruskin may be the smoothest technical player around. Flashy, fast, inventive and musical and that isn't easy."
| 1 | Lullaby Instrumental Guitar | 3:10 |
| 2 | Hey There, Baby Instrumental Guitar | 3:12 |
| 3 | See-Saw Instrumental Guitar | 2:34 |
| 4 | Model Railroad Instrumental Guitar | 3:15 |
| 5 | Long Walk Home Instrumental Guitar | 2:55 |
| 6 | Places To Hide Instrumental Guitar | 2:33 |
| 7 | Cut To The Chase | 3:52 |
| 8 | Satchel Instrumental Guitar | 3:53 |
| 9 | Heavy Traffic Instrumental Guitar | 3:35 |
| 10 | Art By Accudent Instrumental Guitar | 2:50 |
| 11 | Gratitude Instrumental Guitar | 3:21 |
| 12 | Glass Guitar Instrumental Guitar | 2:44 |
| 13 | & 50 Cents Gets You A Cup Of Coffee Instrumental Guitar | 3:31 |
| 14 | Words Fail Me | 3:02 |
