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Ralph Stanley - 100% match to Ricky Skaggs

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... Read more

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - 98% match to Ricky Skaggs

Lester Flatt (28 June 1914, Overton County, Tennessee, USA, d. 11 May 1979, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; guitar) and Earl Scruggs (b. 6 January 1924, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA; banjo). These influential musicians began working together in December 1945 as members of... Read more

Rhonda Vincent - 84% match to Ricky Skaggs

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 "Muleskinner... Read more

Hot Rize - 81% match to Ricky Skaggs

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 September... Read more

The Stanley Brothers - 81% match to Ricky Skaggs

Carter Glen Stanley (27 August 1925, McClure, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA, d. 1 December 1966, Bristol, Virginia, USA) and his brother Ralph Stanley (b. Ralph Edmond Stanley, 25 February 1927, Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA). Their father... Read more

The Country Gentlemen - 76% match to Ricky Skaggs

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... Read more

The Cox Family - 72% match to Ricky Skaggs

Willard Cox (9 June 1937, Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA), an oil field worker from Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA, grew up listening to country, bluegrass and gospel music. He played the fiddle and sang with his brothers for pleasure. His wife Marie was a local country singer and... Read more

Doc Watson - 60% match to Ricky Skaggs

Arthel L. Watson, 3 March 1923, Stony Fork, near Deep Gap, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA. One of nine children in a farming family, Watson grew up in a musical environment; his mother, Annie, had a vast knowledge of folk songs and his father, General Dixon, played banjo... Read more

Bill Monroe - 59% match to Ricky Skaggs

William Smith Monroe, 13 September 1911, on a farm near Rosine, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA, d. 9 September 1996, Springfield, Tennessee, USA. The Monroes were a musical family; his father, known affectionately as Buck, was a noted step-dancer, his mother played fiddle, accordion... Read more

Blue Highway - 59% match to Ricky Skaggs

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... Read more