Biography
Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin, but he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo. Skaggs was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016 and both the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018. On January 13, 2021, Skaggs was announced to have been awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Donald Trump, alongside fellow country musician Toby Keith.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Luxury Liner
1977
Roses In The Snow
1980
Elite Hotel
1975
Cimarron
1981
Pieces Of The Sky
1975
Profile / Best Of Emmylou Harris
1978
Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town
1978
Blue Kentucky Girl
Evangeline
1981
Seven Year Ache
1981
Waitin' For The Sun To Shine
1981
Great Balls Of Fire
1979
The New South
1975
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Volume Two)
1989
The David Grisman Rounder Album
1976
Old Enough
2008
Kentucky Thunder
1989
#1's: The Warner Bros. Years
1988
Comin' Home To Stay
1988
Christmas Time With The Judds
1987
Urban Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1980
Skaggs & Rice
1980
Manzanita
1979
Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection
2022
Credited work
2,220 releases · 337 albums · active 1971–2026
- Performance · 4,075
- Other credits · 3,073
- Production · 466
- Engineering · 54
Studios: Enactron Truck · Magnolia Sound Studios · Track Recorders · Enactron Studio Two
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Dolly Parton
- The Whites
- Emmylou Harris
- The Chieftains
- Ralph Stanley
- The Seldom Scene
- Rosanne Cash