Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley were both only 17 years old when they recorded Second Generation Bluegrass. Both went on to be country megastars, until Whitley died of alcohol poisoning at 34. Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs joins us to explain how two teenagers managed...
Episode Premieres Tuesday, December 4 at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT on AXS-TV Nashville, Tenn. (November 30, 2018) — Country and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs joins veteran journalist Dan Rather for an all-new episode of The Big Interview,...
Billboard Declares Skaggs’ Star-Studded Tribute as Evening’s “Best Performance” Relive Country and Bluegrass Legend’s Epic Tribute at ABC.comNashville, Tenn. (November 16, 2018) — At “The 52nd Annual CMA...
from BILLBOARD – 11/15/2018 by Isaac Weeks The 2018 Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night (Nov. 14) returned to a well-worn theme for the CMAs in featuring young talent showing respect to their elders, but it was veterans schooling...
“Roy Clark was an amazing musician and entertainer. He made pickin’ look fun to all of us young kids. I loved Roy Clark and he loved me. I’ll really miss him but he will not miss me where he’s at. There’s no missing in Heaven.” -Ricky Skaggs
by Cindy Watts, Nashville – The Tennessean Published 8:00 a.m. CT Nov. 9, 2018Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, towered over the tow-haired first-grader he’d just pulled on stage in Martha, Kentucky. The kid wasn’t supposed to be part of...
