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Congratulations to my first cousin, Ricky Skaggs who will be inducted into the Country Musc Hall of Fame this evening in Nashville, Tennessee. ... "I was totally shocked, and I burst into tears when I heard that I was gonna be the newest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame," Skaggs said, according to his website. "When I came to Nashville in 1980, I came to play music and hopefully get a record deal. All of that happened, but I never dreamed that I'd ever be a member of this hallowed Hall. Why me, and why now was going...

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...

From the opening verses of Mosaic, it's clear that Ricky Skaggs is fine-tuning his music, shifting his sound slightly. Skaggs is singing about his Christian faith in strong yet delicate tones. But the tunes aren't the rigorous bluegrass ones we've come to expect. Instead, he's trying out variations on pop melodies, and he frequently sets his mandolin aside so that his plaintive declarations can be heard with greater starkness. In "My Cup Runneth Over," for example, it's Peter Frampton who provides the guitar hook.

Excerpt - (AP) A tour bus carrying bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs from a performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival struck and killed a man Friday night, authorities said. The bus was traveling south on Interstate 24 about a mile from the exit for the festival when the man stepped onto the highway, said Melissa McDonald, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Safety. His identity was not released, pending notification of his family. ~ snip ~

Southwest Virginia Festival with Franklin Graham Roanoke, VA May 2-4, 2003 http://www.grahamfestival.org/roanoke/# FESTIVAL SCHEDULE May 2-4, 2003 Franklin Graham will speak at all programs except at "Saturday Morning Live" with "Bibleman." A mass choir will be featured along with Dennis Agajanian, the Tommy Coomes Praise Band, and special guest musicians. Friday, May 2 7 p.m. -- Joy Williams and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Saturday, May 3 -- Special activities will be held: 11 a.m. -- "Saturday Morning Live" with "Bibleman" (Willie Aames) 7 p.m. -- Michael W. Smith and Mary Mary Sunday, May 4 4 p.m. -- Rachael...

MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--With eight Grammy Awards to his credit, Ricky Skaggs can perform anywhere he wants. "You can't be the salt if you don't go to places where they need salt," Skaggs said of why his venues have included casinos, clubs and bars. "You've got to get the salt out of the shaker," the recording artist told a crowd of more than 3,300 gathered on the campus of the University of Mobile April 22. Skaggs, along with Christian recording artist Alicia and former UM student Jason Guy of CBS' "Big Brother 3" reality show, headlined the university's first "StarLight at...