Ricky Skaggs live in concert.
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Ricky Skaggs

16
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
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Critic Consensus

Based on 16 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ricky Skaggs is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Ricky Skaggs concert reviews describe live shows and performances as amazing and elegant.

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Latest Release

Diamond In the Rough (Live 1984) (5 April 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Cordell, United States (7/18/1954)
Bio
Ricky Skaggs (born July 18, 1954 in Lawrence County, Kentucky) is a 14 time Grammy Winner and a country and bluegrass star, singer, musician, producer, and composer. Skaggs's music career began in 1970 when he joined Ralph Stanley's bluegrass band, the Clinch Mountain Boys.
Has Performed With
Kentucky Thunder, Bruce Hornsby

Critic Concert Reviews

Country Standard Time (USA)

March 31, 2019
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Pennsylvania, USA

Seattle Times (USA)

June 14, 2013
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Ricky Skaggs got his start in bluegrass music, sharing the stage with Bill Monroe at age 6, yet it wasn’t until the early 1980s that he broke into mainstream country and charted three No.

Country Standard Time (USA)

July 26, 2008
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Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder walked on to the stage and launched into a blistering instrumental that boldly announced that the audience was in for a night of traditional straight-ahead bluegrass.

Country Standard Time (USA)

April 16, 2005
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And not only did he spread the word about bluegrass music to the faithful, but he also found plenty of time to expound on The Word.

Shepherd Express (USA)

November 15, 2021
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder at Northern Lights Theater

Parklife DC (USA)

January 15, 2019
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Ricky Skaggs often plays his first shows of the year at The Birchmere. This year, he told Friday night’s audience, he first played a couple of shows in his hometown, where he lives with his second wife, singer Sharon White, and her 89-year-old father, Buck.

Utah Concert Review (USA)

July 16, 2018
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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder w/ the Utah Symphony July 14, 2018 Snow Park Amphitheater Deer Valley

Past critic reviews published in

CJLO 1690AM (Canada), Devilution (Denmark), HeavyMetal.dk (Denmark), HeavyMetal.dk (Denmark), HeavyMetal.dk (Denmark) and more

Image Credit

Bryan Ledgard [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons