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Ricky Skaggs, Kentucky Thunder at The Dixie

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Ricky Skaggs and his Kentucky Thunder will roll once again across The Dixie stage November 3, 2018. With two performances, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and a VIP meet and greet event, there has never been a better time to experience one of country music’s most legendary musical acts.
Ricky was just inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame last Saturday and recently inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. Winner of 15 GRAMMY awards, 12 #1 hits, 8 CMA awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Ricky Skaggs is not short on recognition. Additionally, Skaggs has been honored with inductions into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and the Musician’s Hall of Fame. As if that were not enough, Skaggs’s phenomenal bluegrass band,
The Kentucky Thunder, has scored eight Instrumental Group of the Year Awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association. With such accolades under his belt, it’s no wonder that Chet Atkins once credited Ricky Skaggs with “single-handedly saving country music.”  
Born in 1954 in Cordell, Kentucky, Skaggs showed signs of his musical genius at an early age, appearing onstage with bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe at 6 and on TV with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs at 7. He emerged as a professional bluegrass musician in 1971 when he joined the Clinch Mountain Boys.

However, Skaggs joined mainstream country music in the late 70s when he joined Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band. Later, he became a mainstream recording artist in his own right, and the awards started rolling in.
There was no denying the appeal of Ricky Skaggs’s unique sound helped rejuvenate country music by infusing his bluegrass and traditional country music roots into the contemporary Nashville scene.
It’s true that Ricky Skaggs struck his first chords on a mandolin over 50 years ago. And while his career path has traveled in and out of several country music genres and through the creation of his own recording label, Skaggs continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music with no indication of slowing down.
The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center welcomes Ricky Skaggs and The Kentucky Thunder back to the stage.
Tickets are $30, $40 and $55 and are on sale now at DixiePAC.net and The Dixie Box Office. Contact the Box Office M-F, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 731-986-2100.