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• Ricky Skaggs is an American country, bluegrass and gospel artist. He first appeared on the country scene at age six playing the mandolin with Bill Monroe. At seven, he played with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

  As an adult, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee and signed with Epic Records who released his first solo album Waitin' For The Sun. The album released two number one Billboard singles, "Cryin' My Heart Out Over You" and "I Don't Care." He released 31 more albums and 35 hit singles.

• Fast Facts

  1. Name: Ricky Lee Skaggs
  2. Born: July 18, 1954
  3. Birthplace: Lawrence County, Kentucky
  4. Record Label: Skaggs Family Records
  5. Grand Ole Opry induction: 1982
  6. Instruments: mandolin, fiddle, guitar, banjo

• Awards

  Skaggs has won 11 Grammy Awards, six Country Music Association Awards, eight Academy of Country Music Awards, 10 International Bluegrass Association Awards.

• Quotes

  1. "Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life."
  2. "That's the good thing about what we're doing playing bluegrass. It doesn't matter one way or the other whether country radio plays it or not."
  3. "The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from."

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