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Ricky Skaggs
Artist Biography For Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs Born July 18 1954 In Lawrence County Kentucky Is A 14 Time Grammy Winner And A Country And Bluegrass Star Singer Musician Producer And Composer. Skaggs's Music Career Began In 1970 When He Joined Ralph Stanley's Bluegrass Band The Clinch Mountain Boys. He Plays Mandolin Fiddle Guitar And Banjo. For A Few Years Skaggs Was A Member Of Emmylou Harris's "Hot Band". He Wrote The Arrangements For Harris's Bluegrass-Roots Album Roses In The Snow. In Addition To Arranging Skaggs Sang Harmony And Played Mandolin And Fiddle. In 2000 He Shared The Stage With The Jam Band Phish.
Skaggs Moved To Nashville In 1980 And Was Signed To Sony Records Where He Produced His Debut Album Waitin' For The Sun To Shine. The Album Produced Four Successful Singles Including Two Number One Country Hits. Many People Say He Rescued Country Music From The Doldrums It Had Found Itself In The 1970s. He Was Invited To Join The Grand Ole Opry In 1982. He Racked Up 12 Number One Hits And 6 Top Ten Singles During The 1980s. Skaggs Picked Up Dozens Of Industry Awards In The Ensuing Years. He Has Made Many Fans Due To His Dedication To The Traditional Bluegrass Style Of Music. "I Always Want To Try To Promote The Old Music As Well As Trying To Grow Musically And Be A Pioneer Too " Skaggs Once Said. Because Of This Approach To His Music Skaggs Has Been Considered To Be The Founding Father Of Neotraditional Country. From Wikipedia Early Career Ricky Skaggs Started Playing Music After He Was Given A Mandolin By His Fater Hobert. At Age 5 He Played Mandolin On Stage With Bill Monroe. At Age 6 He Appeared On Television's Martha White Country Music Variety Show Playing With Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs. He Also Wanted To Audition For The Grand Ole Opry At The Time But Was Told He Was Too Young. In His Mid-Teens Skaggs Met A Fellow Teen Prodigy Guitarist Keith Whitley And The Two Started Playing Together With Whitley's Banjoist Brothr Dwight On Radio Shows. By 1970 They Had Earned A Spot Opening For Ralph Stanley And Skaggs And Keith Whitley Were Thereafter Invited To Join Stanley's Band The Clinch Mountain Boys. Skaggs Later Joined J.D. Crowe's New South. For A Few Years Skaggs Was A Member Of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band. He Wrothe The Arrangements For Harris's 1980 Bluegrass-Roots Album Roses In The Snow. In Addition To Arranging For Harris Skaggs Sang Harmony And Played Mandolin And Fiddle. Neotraditionalism And Experimentation Into The 1990s And 2000s Skaggs Has Embraced His Bluegrass Roots As Well As Experimenting With New Sounds. With His Band Kentucky Thunder He Is A Perennial Winner Of Grammy Awards And International Bluegrass Music Association For Best Bluegrass Album. "I Always Want To Try To Promote The Old Music As Well As Trying To Grow And Be A Pioneer Too "Skaggs Once Said. In 2000 He Shared The Stage With Vermont-Based Jam Band Phis. On March 20 2007 Skaggs Released An Album With Rock Musician Burce Hornsby. In 2007 Skaggs Is Slated To Release And Album He Recorded With The Whites On His Skaggs Family Records Label. In 2008 Skaggs Recorded A Bluegrass Version Of "old Enough" By The Raconteurs With Ashley Monroe And The Raconteurs. He Played Mandolin On The Track As Well As Shared Vocals With Jack White Brendan Benson And Ashley Monroe. Grammy Awards * 1983 Best Country Instrumental Performance New South J.D. Crowe Jerry Douglas Todd Phillips Tony Rice Ricky Skaggs For Fireball * 1984 Best Country Instrumental Performance Ricky Skaggs For Wheel Hoss * 1986 Best Country Instrumental Performance Orchestra Group Or Soloist Ricky Skaggs For Raisin' The Dickins * 1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration Ricky Skaggs Steve Wariner & Vince Gill For Restless * 1999 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Bluegrass Rules! * 1998 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals Clint Black Joe Diffie Merle Haggard Emmylou Harris Alison Krauss Patty Loveless Earl Scruggs Ricky Skaggs Marty Stuart Pam Tillis Randy Travis Travis Tritt & Dwight Yoakam For Same Old Train * 2000 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Ancient Tones * 2000 Best Southern Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Soldier Of The Cross * 2003 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For A Simple Life * 2004 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Brand New Strings * 2006 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Instrumentals * 2006 Best Musical Album For Children "Songs From The Neighborhood The Music Of Mr. Rogers" * 2008 Best Southern Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album Ricky Skaggs And The Whites For Salt Of The Earth * 2009 Best Bluegrass Album "Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass 1946 & 47" CMA Country Music Association Awards * 1982 Male Vocalist Of The Year Ricky Skaggs * 1982 Horizon Award Ricky Skaggs * 1983 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1984 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1985 Entertainer Of The Year Ricky Skaggs * 1985 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1987 Vocal Duo Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White IBMA International Bluegrass Music Association Awards * 1998 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 1998 Album Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder For Bluegrass Rules! * 1999 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2000 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2000 Instrumental Album Of The Year David Grisman Ronnie McCoury Sam Bush Frank Wakefield Bobby Osborne Jesse McReynolds Ricky Skaggs & Buck White For Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza * 2000 Recorded Event Of The Year David Grisman Ronnie McCoury Sam Bush Frank Wakefield Bobby Osborne Jesse McReynolds Ricky Skaggs & Buck White For Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza * 2002 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2003 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2004 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2005 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2006 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Other Awards And Accomplishments * R&R Best New Artist * Billboard Magazine's Artist Of The Year * Musician Magazine- Voted One Of The Top 100 Guitarists Of The Century * Artist Of The Decade- Listeners' Poll Award BBC Radio 2 * CMT's 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music Rank #37 In 2003. * Judge For The 2nd Annual Independent Music Awards
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Ricky Skaggs - Baby I'm In Love With You Ricky Skaggs - I'll Stay Around Dolly Parton - It's All Wrong But It's All Right Rodney Crowell - Don't Need No Other Now Rodney Crowell - Just Wanta Dance Dolly Parton - A Better Place To Live Billy Joe Shaver - L.A. Turnaround Willie Nelson - Yours Love Willie Nelson - Stay All Night Stay A Little Longer Emmylou Harris - I'll Go Stepping Too The SteelDrivers - To Be With You Again Billy Joe Shaver - Old Five And Dimers Like Me Bella White - The Way I Oughta Go Bella White - Among Other Things Emmylou Harris - Jordan The Mavericks - Neon Blue The Mavericks - Ain't Found Nobody Merle Haggard - Drink Up And Be Somebody Merle Haggard - Whatever Happened To Me Waylon Jennings - You Asked Me To Waylon Jennings - We Had It All Keith Whitley - I Never Go Around Mirrors Keith Whitley - Flying Colors Lynn Anderson - Listen To A Country Song Loretta Lynn - I'm Living In Two Worlds Kathy Mattea - Untold Stories Brad Paisley - Better Than This Greensky Bluegrass - Burn Them Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues The SteelDrivers - Good Corn Liquor Hoyt Axton - Joy To The World Michael Martin Murphey - Carolina In The Pines Michael Martin Murphey - Wild Bird Steve Young - Lonesome, On'ry And Mean Kris Kristofferson - The Sabre And The Rose Kris Kristofferson - Same Old Song Arlo Guthrie - Shackles And Chains Jerry Jeff Walker - Vince Triple-O Martin The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - An American Dream The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Long Hard Road Lonesome River Band - She's No Lady The Dillards - Bed Of Clover The Dillards - Happy I'll Be Hot Rize - The Bravest Cowboy Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys - Country Waltz Blue Highway - He Walked All The Way Home The Stanley Brothers - How Far To Little Rock John Hartford - Flannery's Dream John Hartford - Quail Is A Pretty Bird Bill Monroe - On And On
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Ricky Skaggs Born July 18 1954 In Lawrence County Kentucky Is A 14 Time Grammy Winner And A Country And Bluegrass Star Singer Musician Producer And Composer. Skaggs's Music Career Began In 1970 When He Joined Ralph Stanley's Bluegrass Band The Clinch Mountain Boys. He Plays Mandolin Fiddle Guitar And Banjo. For A Few Years Skaggs Was A Member Of Emmylou Harris's "Hot Band". He Wrote The Arrangements For Harris's Bluegrass-Roots Album Roses In The Snow. In Addition To Arranging Skaggs Sang Harmony And Played Mandolin And Fiddle. In 2000 He Shared The Stage With The Jam Band Phish.
Skaggs Moved To Nashville In 1980 And Was Signed To Sony Records Where He Produced His Debut Album Waitin' For The Sun To Shine. The Album Produced Four Successful Singles Including Two Number One Country Hits. Many People Say He Rescued Country Music From The Doldrums It Had Found Itself In The 1970s. He Was Invited To Join The Grand Ole Opry In 1982. He Racked Up 12 Number One Hits And 6 Top Ten Singles During The 1980s. Skaggs Picked Up Dozens Of Industry Awards In The Ensuing Years. He Has Made Many Fans Due To His Dedication To The Traditional Bluegrass Style Of Music. "I Always Want To Try To Promote The Old Music As Well As Trying To Grow Musically And Be A Pioneer Too " Skaggs Once Said. Because Of This Approach To His Music Skaggs Has Been Considered To Be The Founding Father Of Neotraditional Country. From Wikipedia Early Career Ricky Skaggs Started Playing Music After He Was Given A Mandolin By His Fater Hobert. At Age 5 He Played Mandolin On Stage With Bill Monroe. At Age 6 He Appeared On Television's Martha White Country Music Variety Show Playing With Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs. He Also Wanted To Audition For The Grand Ole Opry At The Time But Was Told He Was Too Young. In His Mid-Teens Skaggs Met A Fellow Teen Prodigy Guitarist Keith Whitley And The Two Started Playing Together With Whitley's Banjoist Brothr Dwight On Radio Shows. By 1970 They Had Earned A Spot Opening For Ralph Stanley And Skaggs And Keith Whitley Were Thereafter Invited To Join Stanley's Band The Clinch Mountain Boys. Skaggs Later Joined J.D. Crowe's New South. For A Few Years Skaggs Was A Member Of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band. He Wrothe The Arrangements For Harris's 1980 Bluegrass-Roots Album Roses In The Snow. In Addition To Arranging For Harris Skaggs Sang Harmony And Played Mandolin And Fiddle. Neotraditionalism And Experimentation Into The 1990s And 2000s Skaggs Has Embraced His Bluegrass Roots As Well As Experimenting With New Sounds. With His Band Kentucky Thunder He Is A Perennial Winner Of Grammy Awards And International Bluegrass Music Association For Best Bluegrass Album. "I Always Want To Try To Promote The Old Music As Well As Trying To Grow And Be A Pioneer Too "Skaggs Once Said. In 2000 He Shared The Stage With Vermont-Based Jam Band Phis. On March 20 2007 Skaggs Released An Album With Rock Musician Burce Hornsby. In 2007 Skaggs Is Slated To Release And Album He Recorded With The Whites On His Skaggs Family Records Label. In 2008 Skaggs Recorded A Bluegrass Version Of "old Enough" By The Raconteurs With Ashley Monroe And The Raconteurs. He Played Mandolin On The Track As Well As Shared Vocals With Jack White Brendan Benson And Ashley Monroe. Grammy Awards * 1983 Best Country Instrumental Performance New South J.D. Crowe Jerry Douglas Todd Phillips Tony Rice Ricky Skaggs For Fireball * 1984 Best Country Instrumental Performance Ricky Skaggs For Wheel Hoss * 1986 Best Country Instrumental Performance Orchestra Group Or Soloist Ricky Skaggs For Raisin' The Dickins * 1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration Ricky Skaggs Steve Wariner & Vince Gill For Restless * 1999 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Bluegrass Rules! * 1998 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals Clint Black Joe Diffie Merle Haggard Emmylou Harris Alison Krauss Patty Loveless Earl Scruggs Ricky Skaggs Marty Stuart Pam Tillis Randy Travis Travis Tritt & Dwight Yoakam For Same Old Train * 2000 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Ancient Tones * 2000 Best Southern Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Soldier Of The Cross * 2003 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For A Simple Life * 2004 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Brand New Strings * 2006 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Instrumentals * 2006 Best Musical Album For Children "Songs From The Neighborhood The Music Of Mr. Rogers" * 2008 Best Southern Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album Ricky Skaggs And The Whites For Salt Of The Earth * 2009 Best Bluegrass Album "Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass 1946 & 47" CMA Country Music Association Awards * 1982 Male Vocalist Of The Year Ricky Skaggs * 1982 Horizon Award Ricky Skaggs * 1983 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1984 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1985 Entertainer Of The Year Ricky Skaggs * 1985 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1987 Vocal Duo Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White IBMA International Bluegrass Music Association Awards * 1998 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 1998 Album Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder For Bluegrass Rules! * 1999 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2000 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2000 Instrumental Album Of The Year David Grisman Ronnie McCoury Sam Bush Frank Wakefield Bobby Osborne Jesse McReynolds Ricky Skaggs & Buck White For Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza * 2000 Recorded Event Of The Year David Grisman Ronnie McCoury Sam Bush Frank Wakefield Bobby Osborne Jesse McReynolds Ricky Skaggs & Buck White For Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza * 2002 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2003 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2004 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2005 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2006 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Other Awards And Accomplishments * R&R Best New Artist * Billboard Magazine's Artist Of The Year * Musician Magazine- Voted One Of The Top 100 Guitarists Of The Century * Artist Of The Decade- Listeners' Poll Award BBC Radio 2 * CMT's 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music Rank #37 In 2003. * Judge For The 2nd Annual Independent Music Awards read less
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Skaggs Moved To Nashville In 1980 And Was Signed To Sony Records Where He Produced His Debut Album Waitin' For The Sun To Shine. The Album Produced Four Successful Singles Including Two Number One Country Hits. Many People Say He Rescued Country Music From The Doldrums It Had Found Itself In The 1970s. He Was Invited To Join The Grand Ole Opry In 1982. He Racked Up 12 Number One Hits And 6 Top Ten Singles During The 1980s. Skaggs Picked Up Dozens Of Industry Awards In The Ensuing Years. He Has Made Many Fans Due To His Dedication To The Traditional Bluegrass Style Of Music. "I Always Want To Try To Promote The Old Music As Well As Trying To Grow Musically And Be A Pioneer Too " Skaggs Once Said. Because Of This Approach To His Music Skaggs Has Been Considered To Be The Founding Father Of Neotraditional Country. From Wikipedia Early Career Ricky Skaggs Started Playing Music After He Was Given A Mandolin By His Fater Hobert. At Age 5 He Played Mandolin On Stage With Bill Monroe. At Age 6 He Appeared On Television's Martha White Country Music Variety Show Playing With Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs. He Also Wanted To Audition For The Grand Ole Opry At The Time But Was Told He Was Too Young. In His Mid-Teens Skaggs Met A Fellow Teen Prodigy Guitarist Keith Whitley And The Two Started Playing Together With Whitley's Banjoist Brothr Dwight On Radio Shows. By 1970 They Had Earned A Spot Opening For Ralph Stanley And Skaggs And Keith Whitley Were Thereafter Invited To Join Stanley's Band The Clinch Mountain Boys. Skaggs Later Joined J.D. Crowe's New South. For A Few Years Skaggs Was A Member Of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band. He Wrothe The Arrangements For Harris's 1980 Bluegrass-Roots Album Roses In The Snow. In Addition To Arranging For Harris Skaggs Sang Harmony And Played Mandolin And Fiddle. Neotraditionalism And Experimentation Into The 1990s And 2000s Skaggs Has Embraced His Bluegrass Roots As Well As Experimenting With New Sounds. With His Band Kentucky Thunder He Is A Perennial Winner Of Grammy Awards And International Bluegrass Music Association For Best Bluegrass Album. "I Always Want To Try To Promote The Old Music As Well As Trying To Grow And Be A Pioneer Too "Skaggs Once Said. In 2000 He Shared The Stage With Vermont-Based Jam Band Phis. On March 20 2007 Skaggs Released An Album With Rock Musician Burce Hornsby. In 2007 Skaggs Is Slated To Release And Album He Recorded With The Whites On His Skaggs Family Records Label. In 2008 Skaggs Recorded A Bluegrass Version Of "old Enough" By The Raconteurs With Ashley Monroe And The Raconteurs. He Played Mandolin On The Track As Well As Shared Vocals With Jack White Brendan Benson And Ashley Monroe. Grammy Awards * 1983 Best Country Instrumental Performance New South J.D. Crowe Jerry Douglas Todd Phillips Tony Rice Ricky Skaggs For Fireball * 1984 Best Country Instrumental Performance Ricky Skaggs For Wheel Hoss * 1986 Best Country Instrumental Performance Orchestra Group Or Soloist Ricky Skaggs For Raisin' The Dickins * 1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration Ricky Skaggs Steve Wariner & Vince Gill For Restless * 1999 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Bluegrass Rules! * 1998 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals Clint Black Joe Diffie Merle Haggard Emmylou Harris Alison Krauss Patty Loveless Earl Scruggs Ricky Skaggs Marty Stuart Pam Tillis Randy Travis Travis Tritt & Dwight Yoakam For Same Old Train * 2000 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Ancient Tones * 2000 Best Southern Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Soldier Of The Cross * 2003 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For A Simple Life * 2004 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Brand New Strings * 2006 Best Bluegrass Album Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder For Instrumentals * 2006 Best Musical Album For Children "Songs From The Neighborhood The Music Of Mr. Rogers" * 2008 Best Southern Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album Ricky Skaggs And The Whites For Salt Of The Earth * 2009 Best Bluegrass Album "Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass 1946 & 47" CMA Country Music Association Awards * 1982 Male Vocalist Of The Year Ricky Skaggs * 1982 Horizon Award Ricky Skaggs * 1983 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1984 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1985 Entertainer Of The Year Ricky Skaggs * 1985 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs Band * 1987 Vocal Duo Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White IBMA International Bluegrass Music Association Awards * 1998 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 1998 Album Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder For Bluegrass Rules! * 1999 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2000 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2000 Instrumental Album Of The Year David Grisman Ronnie McCoury Sam Bush Frank Wakefield Bobby Osborne Jesse McReynolds Ricky Skaggs & Buck White For Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza * 2000 Recorded Event Of The Year David Grisman Ronnie McCoury Sam Bush Frank Wakefield Bobby Osborne Jesse McReynolds Ricky Skaggs & Buck White For Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza * 2002 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2003 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2004 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2005 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder * 2006 Instrumental Group Of The Year Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Other Awards And Accomplishments * R&R Best New Artist * Billboard Magazine's Artist Of The Year * Musician Magazine- Voted One Of The Top 100 Guitarists Of The Century * Artist Of The Decade- Listeners' Poll Award BBC Radio 2 * CMT's 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music Rank #37 In 2003. * Judge For The 2nd Annual Independent Music Awards read less
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