Pro Life Ricky Skaggs Performs on The View season finale (True vanity)

Youtube ^ | 12/15/2015 | Ricky Skaggs

[tang-soo]

In the past I have not watched The Voice, but took a slight interest this year when one of the contestants expressed an interest in the music career of Ricky Skaggs. I'm kinda outing myself in this forum that is most anonymous, but Ricky is my first cousin. His father and my dad were brothers. A third brother, Okel, died as a young man in the battle for Guadalcanal - WWII.

I had no idea the season final for The Voice was on last night when my wife yelled upstairs to let me know Ricky was on. The 4 minute performance was awesome. He and Emily Ann Roberts performed together along with The Voice's house band as they sang/played Country Boy (Girl for her). Ricky was impressive with his speed but he played guitar while his best instrument is the mandolin.

I'm posting this to FR because of another aspect. If you look closely on his guitar strap, it says, "LIFE". I've talked extensively with Ricky about these types of topics, and I know Ricky is strongly Pro-Life and is an influential Christian man in a business that needs more of his example. Enjoy the performance from last night here.

By the way, the young lady, Emily Ann Roberts finished an impressive and gracious second.

[tang-soo]

Hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

Ricky Skaggs on The Voice.

Ricky's website.

[mylife]

Love Ricky Skaggs.

[Calpublican]

7 year old Ricky Skaggs w/Flatt & Scruggs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCYCCuJLIaA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhvDvMV4_FY

[Boowhoknew]

was your uncle who died at Guadacanal a Marine? I knew a man who was badly wounded there and lived to be late 80s.A jap grenade went off in front of him while the fight for Henderson field was raging. He was in the Raiders. eventually was a pharmacist in my town. Solid, good man.

[mylife]

Bet Del’s wearing old geezer glasses now too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHhL3UIG-U

[John Valentine]

I don’t think you’ll find Ricky performing on The View, but that would be something to see.

[mylife]

Great flat picking from Ricky

[Inyo-Mono]

I remember playing Ricky's Country Boy over the radio when it first came out in 1984 or '85 along with his many other hits and great album cuts.

[Starstruck]

Your title says The View.

[mylife]

Have lot of faves.

Someone stole my Ricky Skaggs so that tell ya something right there..

Tony Rice is the one that floors me on this stuff.

I have been listening to this stuff since before the birth of rock and roll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGSSKRv1iA

It IS Rock and Roll

[tang-soo]

If I remember correctly, Okel was in the U.S. Army. My dad was 10 at the time and he always refers to him as his best buddy. He tells the story how Okel graduated from high school, got drafted, went somewhere (can't remember where) for basic training, then came home for 2 weeks before shipping out.

During that two weeks, he proposed to his sweetheart and picked out a hillside on my grandparents' Kentucky farm (Cordell near the big city of Blaine in Lawrence County) where he planned to build his home when he returned.

He jumped on a train that took him to San Francisco where he boarded a ship. Sailed to Hawaii where he spent a few days and mailed back a requisite picture of him with a Hula Hula Hootchie sitting on his lap with him wearing a big ol' country smile. From there they sailed to the battle field and stormed the beach with an amphibious vehicle. The moment they hit the beach, the whole team was gunned down by a Japanese fighter. Never saw any battle and died his first moments in action.

My dad (now 80) has a book about the battle, but I can't remember the name. I'll ask to borrow it this weekend and let you know the name.

[cornfedcowboy]

I always liked Bruce Hornsby with Ricky Skaggs. Hornsby used to play keyboards for several Grateful Dead tours. Just an artist that loves performing.

The Way It Is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAOi7M_Up5Y

[FreedomNotSafety]

I like Ricky and I like bluegrass. But I couldn’t hear any sign of a banjo during that performance. So why was it billed as bluegrass?

[mylife]

Gotta love Jerry Garcia for Americana when the band wasn’t stoned, Old or in the way.

RIP

[tang-soo]

Oh my gosh, did i say that? Thanks for catching.

Admins, please change the title to “The Voice” instead of “The View”.

[tang-soo]

Yep - stupid of me. I asked mods to edit. Thanks.

[mylife]

Ooh you stepped in that and Nobody cares LOL

We Loves Bluegrass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYPKyPyFnL0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1elkycK1wKo

[TXBlair]

I watched it last night. It. Was. Fan. TASTIC!!!! Emily Ann was not one of my favorites this season (by a long shot), but I thought that performance was perhaps the best of the entire season, by any contestant, and that was 99% due to your cousin’s incredible picking and energy! It was definitely the surprise of the night! I remember thinking that most of the kids in the audience and watching at home were probably dumbfounded at how awesome “country” music could sound. And The Voice’s coaches seemed so appreciative of the skill that both Emily Ann and Mr. Skaggs displayed, especially Pharrell...I think he was really blown away and totally into the performance. Emily Ann and Ricky absolutely left it all on the table, which is what those constants are always coached to do. It was spectacular.

Thanks for letting us know about your cool connection, tang-soo!

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTlWCHXMc3s

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNVRruoiS4

Gnight gang