Ricky Skaggs
USA
Born: 18 July 1954
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Country
Styles: Progressive Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Progressive Country, Traditional Country, Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Honky Tonk, Bluegrass-Gospel, Country Gospel, Traditional Bluegrass
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By the time he was in his mid-thirties, Kentuckian Ricky Skaggs had already produced a career's worth of music. At age seven he appeared on TV with Flatt & Scruggs; at 15 he was a member of legendary Ralph Stanley's bluegrass band (with fellow teenager Keith Whitley). None of his '80s peers, male or female, had better musical credentials than Skaggs. The term "multi-talented" lacks the power to characterize this extraordinary singer and instrumentalist. Not only can he sing and pick with the best in progressive country, his broad and deep exper...
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