When I came here it wasn’t that I was anti-Music Row, but it was like I was going against the grain of what everybody on Music Row was doing, and that’s what has made me successful.
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Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life.
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It doesn’t matter if you stick the name ‘bluegrass’ on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn’t necessarily call bluegrass, but what they’re calling country music today I’m not sure that I would call country music. But I love music and I try to encourage people.
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Birth: | 18th July, 1954 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Composer, Musician, Producer, Singer |
Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo.
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