Saint Jo, Texas -- Red River Station is very honored to welcome back to our stage an American music living legend.  Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder return Saturday, May 17, 8:30 p.m. 

The number of awards and honors are too many to list for Ricky Skaggs so we'll only list a "few" -- 15 Grammys, Country Music Hall of Fame, IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, National Fiddler Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame, CMA Gospel Music Assoc. Hall of Fame, Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, 8 CMA Awards, 9 ACM Awards and the list goes on.

American country-bluegrass singer and award-winning musician Ricky Lee Skaggs was born July 18, 1954 in Riverview Hospital, Louisa, Kentucky to Hobert and Dorothy May Skaggs. His name on his birth certificate is spelled “Rickie Lee Skaggs.” He was named after Ricky Ricardo. He grew up in a hollow called Brushy Fork in Kentucky with his older sister Linda, older brother Garold and younger brother Gary.

Ricky plays the mandolin, fiddle, guitar, banjo and the mandocaster. Some songs that Ricky Skaggs is known for are “Heartbroke,” “Uncle Pen,” “Honey (Open That Door)” and “Cajun Moon.”