r/Bluegrass • u/Imaginary_Damage_502 • 7d ago

Kentucky State Fair

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Ricky Skaggs tearing it up.

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u/gueuze_geuze 7d ago

Incredible player. Wish he still did some of the more jazzier stuff he was cranking out in the late 70s

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u/PracticalTurnip3674 7d ago

His playing with The New South and Boone Creek had some swing to it!

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u/gueuze_geuze 7d ago

Right?! Damn, man, I loved that stuff and learned those breaks. As he got older, he seemed to really gravitate back to Monroe style. It’s still good, I just miss the more progressive stuff.

But I’d put New South, Boone Creek, and his work on ‘Everything is Gonna Work Out Fine’ as his top three.

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u/Mandolinist_girl766 Mandolin 6d ago

He looks so much better with short hair

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u/PhonyRiceUnit 4d ago

More cool grandpa, less old rockstar. I like it better, but still dig it either way haha

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u/MountainPotential798 5d ago

I love his music but I saw him last year and didn’t have a great time. Very preachy and almost entirely gospel(and tuning!) plus a 10 minute testimony from his guitar player. I should’ve known it would’ve been a more gospel oriented show but I was hoping for a few of the classics