Ricky Skaggs

Born: Cordell, KY, 1954

Years Active: 1985-2003

Member of: Boone Creek

Influenced by: Flatt & Scruggs, J.D. Crowe, Bill Monroe, The Country Gentlemen, The Stanley Brothers

Genre: Country

Biography: By the time he was in his mid-thirties, Kentuckian Ricky Skaggs had already produced a career's worth of music. At age seven ...

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Jul 20 2009 6:00AM by Stephen L. Betts

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The Boot: Ricky Skaggs' band Kentucky Thunder has been one of bluegrass music's most important mainstays of the past decade. So it's a little surprising to learn that Ricky's latest venture is a total solo effort. Less surprising, however, when you discover ... Read more

 
Nov 07 2008 11:00AM by Deborah Evans-Price

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The Boot: Ricky Skaggs' career has come full circle in recent years as the versatile entertainer returned to the bluegrass music of his roots after a long, successful run in the mainstream country arena. Skaggs began his career playing with such legendary ... Read more

 
Oct 17 2008 12:00PM by Vernell Hackett

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The Boot: Ricky Skaggs & The Whites took home two Inspirational Music Awards Thursday night in Nashville. Skaggs, his wife Sharon, her sister Cheryl and the girls' father, Buck, walked away with the Inspirational Bluegrass Artist and Mainstream Country ... Read more

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