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RICKY SKAGGS. –A life full of music. That’s the story of Ricky Skaggs. By age 21, he was already considered a “recognized master” of one of America’s most demanding art forms, but his career took him in other directions, catapulting him to popularity and success in the mainstream of country music.
Ricky Skaggs, American mandolin and fiddle virtuoso, singer, and music producer who played a leading role in the New Traditionalist movement of the 1980s by adapting bluegrass music’s instrumentation and sensibility to mainstream country music. Learn more about his life, music, and career.
Ricky Skaggs. Rickie Lee Skaggs, known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays...
Born: July 18, 1954, Cordell, Kentucky. Ricky Skaggs, inducted into both the Country Music and Bluegrass Halls of Fame, is from Cordell, Kentucky. Learn more about his music journey.
Ricky Skaggs was arguably bluegrass music’s hottest young picker and singer in the 1970s, both heir apparent to the reigning legends and a leader of the progressive bluegrass movement. He adapted his sound enough to become a mainstream country star in the ’80s and, since 1990, has become bluegrass’s leading ambassador. Starting Early.
Year Inducted: 2018 Born: July 18, 1954 in Louisa, Kentucky, United States Primary Instrument: Mandolin. “That was a homerun for me . . . I had a great opportunity to try to bring bluegrass to the mainstream marketplace of the music industry by doing the things that I did.”
4 days ago · After over 50 years in the music world, Ricky Skaggs still enjoys picking on his mandolin. Skaggs, 69, was born in Kentucky and has been playing music ever since his father gifted him a mandolin ...
