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Ricky Skaggs
Skaggs during the Festival of Faiths in 2007
Background information
Birth name
Rickie Lee Skaggs[1][2]
Born
(1954-07-18) July 18, 1954 (age 69) Cordell, Kentucky, U.S.
Sugar Hill, Epic, Rounder, DCC, Atlantic, Camden, Rebel, Hollywood, Legacy, Skaggs Family
Member of
Kentucky Thunder
Spouse(s)
Sharon White
(m. 1981)
Website
www.rickyskaggs.com
Musical artist
Rickie Lee Skaggs[1][2] (born July 18, 1954),[6] known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster, and banjo.[7]
Skaggs was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016 and both the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018.[8] On January 13, 2021, it was announced Skaggs had been awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Donald Trump, alongside fellow country musician Toby Keith.
^ abSkaggs, Ricky (2013). Kentucky Traveler: My Life in Music.
^Holtzclaw, Mike (April 9, 2019). "Ricky Skaggs stays true to his country and bluegrass roots". Daily Press. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
^Freeman, Jon (September 11, 2017). "How Ricky Skaggs Redefined Bluegrass and Brought It to the Mainstream". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 21, 2019. ["Skaggs had his first country Number One, at age 27, in April 1982 with the weepy ballad “Crying My Heart Out Over You." It kicked off an incredible run of 12 chart-topping hits, placing him in the first wave of country's celebrated neotraditional movement along with George Strait, John Anderson and Randy Travis."]
^"Ricky Skaggs, Whites Record Gospel CD". CMT.com. September 7, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
^"Famous birthdays for July 18: Vin Diesel, Kristen Bell". United Press International. July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019. Country singer Ricky Skaggs in 1954 (age 65)
Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as RickySkaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer...
Kentucky Thunder, or RickySkaggs and Kentucky Thunder, is the band that plays with American country and bluegrass singer RickySkaggs. Many members of the...
RickySkaggs is an American country music and bluegrass singer, musician, producer and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle...
touring band Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, his bluegrass project with RickySkaggs, and as a session and guest musician. He was a touring member of the...
(guitar). Reid recorded three albums with Quicksilver. Reid was with the RickySkaggs Band from 1982 to 1986, playing a number of instruments and providing...
first came to prominence in 1997 as lead guitarist in RickySkaggs' band Kentucky Thunder when Skaggs returned to bluegrass. Sutton eventually left the band...
also known as frequent collaborators of country and bluegrass musician RickySkaggs, who is Sharon's husband. The Whites consist of Sharon White (born December...
Medal of Arts by President Donald Trump in a closed ceremony alongside RickySkaggs on January 13, 2021. Keith died on February 5, 2024, following a two-year...
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with six, including five with her band Union Station who are tied with RickySkaggs and Kentucky Thunder for second most wins. Jim Lauderdale, Nashville...
including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Kathy Mattea, Lyle Lovett, RickySkaggs, Steve Wariner, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash...
Heart Judy Rodman Kenny Rogers John Schneider Dan Seals Ricky Van Shelton T.G. Sheppard RickySkaggs The Statler Brothers George Strait Randy Travis Tanya...
Bluegrass Allliance and Boone Creek, the latter of which also featured RickySkaggs as a member. In 1976, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he briefly...
Dottie West, then Lacy J. Dalton and then recording and touring with RickySkaggs. Bouton has toured and recorded with Garth Brooks from the beginning...
He also released a live album The Three Pickers with Doc Watson and RickySkaggs, recorded in Winston-Salem in December 2002. In 1989, Scruggs was awarded...
current members are four married couples: Marty Stuart and Connie Smith, RickySkaggs and Sharon White (of The Whites), Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, as...
Canada. Harris' new bluegrass sound was credited to new Hot Band member RickySkaggs, who replaced Rodney Crowell. Both albums spawned top ten US and Canadian...
singer/songwriter. In addition to his six solo albums and recordings with RickySkaggs and Hot Rize, he has been featured as a performer on many albums by other...
five-string banjo. RickySkaggs was also in the contest. Skaggs and Whitley instantly bonded and subsequently became close friends. Whitley and Skaggs, both sixteen...
country music artist RickySkaggs. It was released in January 1986 as the second single from the album Live in London. The song was Skaggs' tenth #1 on the...
Austin also co-wrote RickySkaggs' 1991 single "Same Ol' Love." Austin was most known for playing guitar and fiddle for RickySkaggs's and Reba McEntire's...
Milsap 4 nominations Blake Shelton Jason Aldean Luke Combs Randy Travis RickySkaggs Taylor Swift Toby Keith 3 nominations Dixie Chicks Dolly Parton Eddy...
following the death of his older brother Bob of a heart attack in 1993. RickySkaggs and Patty Loveless both sang background vocals on the record. "Go Rest...
period. In 1980, he recorded an album of bluegrass duets with RickySkaggs, called Skaggs & Rice. Two albums with traditional instrumentalist and songwriter...
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