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Larry Sparks - 100% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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15 September 1947, Lebanon, Ohio, USA. After learning to play guitar in his early teens, he first played with local bluegrass and country bands. He made his professional debut at 16, and in the mid-60s, he made some appearances with the Stanley Brothers. In February 1967,.... Arrow Read more


Blue Highway - 97% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1990s, 2000s
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Formed in 1994, this contemporary bluegrass group comprises Tim Stafford (Kingsport, Tennessee, USA; guitar, vocals), Wayne Taylor (bass, vocals), Rob Ickes (b. 26 May 1967, San Mateo, California, USA; dobro), Shawn Lane (mandolin, fiddle, vocals), and Jason Burleson (b. 7.... Arrow Read more


Rhonda Vincent - 95% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass, Holiday & Seasonal
Decades Active: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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13 July 1962, Kirksville, Missouri, USA. As a tiny child Vincent sang in her family’s band, the Sally Mountain Show, appearing live and on radio. Later, she sang and played mandolin with the group on several albums, and made a handful of solo records, one, 1970’s.... Arrow Read more


Del McCoury - 89% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
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Dan Tyminski - 86% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 2000s
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20 June 1967, Rutland, Vermont, USA. The multi-talented Tyminski is a mandolin player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer/engineer, and has played a leading role in the modernisation of bluegrass music. Born and raised in rural Vermont, Tyminski was exposed to bluegrass.... Arrow Read more


Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - 86% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Christian & Gospel, Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Doyle Wayne Lawson, 20 April 1944, Fordtown, near Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. Lawson’s father sang in a gospel quartet and he was attracted to both gospel and bluegrass music as a child. By the time he reached his teens, he could play mandolin, banjo and guitar but.... Arrow Read more


The Osborne Brothers - 85% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Bobby Van (7 December 1931; mandolin, vocals) and Sonny (b. 29 October 1937, both at Hyden, Kentucky, USA; banjo, vocals) formed this talented bluegrass duo. Bobby had played with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers in 1949 and in 1951, they recorded as a duo with Jimmy Martin. During.... Arrow Read more


Hot Rize - 83% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Formed in 1978 in Boulder, Colorado, this traditional bluegrass band included Tim O’Brien (16 March 1954, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA; mandolin, violin, vocals), Pete Wernick (b. 25 February 1946, New York City, New York, USA; banjo/vocals), Charles Sawtelle (b. 20.... Arrow Read more


Tony Rice - 83% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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8 June 1951, Danville, Virginia, USA. Although he is primarily known for his bluegrass recordings, over the course of four decades Rice has established himself as one of the leading acoustic guitarists in any genre of music. Raised in California, Rice was introduced to bluegrass.... Arrow Read more


The Grascals - 81% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 2000s
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Accomplished bluegrass outfit the Grascals is the recording outlet for six experienced session players; Jamie Johnson (Indiana, USA; guitar/vocals), Danny Roberts (b. Kentucky, USA; mandolin), David Talbot (b. Canada; banjo/vocals), Jimmy Mattingly (b. Kentucky, USA; fiddle),.... Arrow Read more


The Country Gentlemen - 76% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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This bluegrass group were first established in Washington, DC, USA, on 4 July 1957. Over the years, the various line-ups became popular at major folk and bluegrass festivals. When national interest waned somewhat in bluegrass music in the late 60s, the group still managed to.... Arrow Read more


Ralph Stanley - 75% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass, Folk, World Music
Decades Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Ralph Edmond Stanley, 25 February 1927, Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA. Over the years, Stanley’s style of banjo playing has been copied by many young musicians and he has become respected (like Bill Monroe) as one of the most important.... Arrow Read more


IIIrd Tyme Out - 73% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Christian & Gospel, Country & Bluegrass
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The Bluegrass Album Band - 73% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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This band was basically assembled for a one-off recording project rather than for live performances. However, there have been occasions at festivals where the members have played sets. Initially organized in 1981, their first two albums featured Tony Rice (8 June 1951, Danville,.... Arrow Read more


The Nashville Bluegrass Band - 71% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
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J.D. Crowe & The New South - 69% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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James Dee Crowe, 27 August 1937, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. A very talented banjoist, Crowe gained his fascination for the instrument when Flatt And Scruggs were resident on a Lexington station. He attended their daily shows and watched Scruggs intently. He did building work by.... Arrow Read more


Mac Wiseman - 69% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Malcolm B. Wiseman, 23 May 1925, Crimora, Virginia, USA. Wiseman attended the Conservatory of Music at Dayton, Virginia, and developed a great knowledge of the folk music of his native Shenandoah Valley. He first worked as a disc jockey on WSVA Harrisburg but was soon playing.... Arrow Read more


Claire Lynch - 66% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1990s, 2000s
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Hazel Green, Alabama, USA. In her childhood Lynch discovered the magic of old bluegrass recordings, and by 1973 had joined the Hickory Wind group. Subsequently evolving into the Front Porch String Band, between 1975 and 1981 they released three albums before agreeing to part.... Arrow Read more


The Johnson Mountain Boys - 64% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active: 1980s, 1990s
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A popular bluegrass group which, when founded in 1978, consisted of Dudley Connell (Dudley Dale Connell, 18 February 1956, Scherr, West Virginia, USA; guitar, banjo, lead vocals), Richard Underwood (b. 14 July 1956, Seabrook, Maryland, USA; banjo, bass, vocals), David McLaughlin.... Arrow Read more


Jimmy Martin - 59% match to Ricky Skaggs Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Country & Bluegrass, Pop / Rock
Decades Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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James Henry Martin, 10 August 1927, on a farm near Sneedville, Tennessee, USA, d. 14 May 2005, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Martin learned to play the guitar as a boy and first appeared on radio in Morristown in 1948. He joined Bill Monroe in 1949 and remained with him (except for.... Arrow Read more



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