CHILLICOTHE— "Oh, the people would come from far away they'd dance all night till the break of day." Normally when you hear Ricky Skaggs singing this lyric you think of Uncle Pen but soon when you ...
The only version of the official video for Ricky Skaggs’ 1985 No. 1 country hit “Country Boy” available on YouTube is an imperfect transfer to digital from VHS, uploaded by a fan. Its subpar sound and ...
It’s been 20 years since Ricky Skaggs performed a full concert of the Eighties hits that made him famous, like “Country Boy,” “Highway 40 Blues” and “Heartbroke.” The Kentucky native has been busy ...
Ricky Skaggs says he's cool with bluegrass popping up in all sorts of music, whether it's rock 'n' roll, new country or even punk rock. "Hey, if we can get a banjo, a fiddle and a mandolin together, ...
Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder closed the 30th year of Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman on Thursday with some sing-along gospel songs and a whole lot of pickin’ and grinnin’. “To be able to ...
Ricky Skaggs is known as a country music trailblazer for integrating the niche nature of bluegrass into the mainstream country music scene. On Tuesday (July 18), he celebrated this triumphant feat and ...
Ricky Skaggs is touring again after a long hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a legend in his own right. He burst onto the scene in the early-1980s, he’s coming up on his 40th anniversary ...
In the mid-Eighties, Ricky Skaggs married his brand of bluegrass — a modernized version that included drums, piano, and electric guitar — to the burgeoning music video medium. The result was one of ...
Rick Skaggs expects to include some form of Bill Monroe’s music in his upcoming concert at Brown County Music Center. Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and wife Sharon marked 41 years of sweet harmony ...