For the punk rock musician, see Ricky Scaggs.
Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs (born July 18, 1954, in Cordell, Kentucky) is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.
Ricky Skaggs started playing music after he was given a mandolin by his father, Hobert. At age 5, he played mandolin on stage with Bill Monroe. At age 6, he appeared on television's Mart...
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For the punk rock musician, see Ricky Scaggs.
Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs (born July 18, 1954, in Cordell, Kentucky) is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.
Ricky Skaggs started playing music after he was given a mandolin by his father, 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 that 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 brother 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....
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