Posted on 12/16/2015 7:13:16 PM PST by 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.
Listen to Jerry Garcia daily....will always miss him.
RIP Jerry, and I never liked him as a kid because the media sent me lies
Jerry was roots rock Americana
That would be fun to watch!
Haven’t seen him for several years. Sure looks different.
It all started with Clarence White in the 60s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txk0MjrgF_Y&spfreload=10
I have to out myself here, too: his father and my father were both fathers.
Not like this crap they pass off as "country" today.
Nice.
Amen.
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