Ricky Skaggs Returns to the Sheldon Concert Hall Jan 15 with Kentucky Thunder
Bluegrass ambassador Ricky Skaggs returns to the Sheldon with Kentucky Thunder.
ST. LOUIS, MO - The Sheldon presents Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Friday, January 15, 2010 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. Ricky Skaggs has often said that he is "just trying to make a living" playing the music he loves. But it's clear that his passion for bluegrass puts him in the position to bring this lively, distinctively American form of music out of isolation and into the ears and hearts of audiences across the country and around the world.
Known affectionately today as bluegrass music's official ambassador, Ricky Skaggs has worked to bring the genre to a greater level of popularity. With ten consecutive Grammy-nominated classics behind him, all from his own Skaggs Family Records label, bluegrass music is undoubtedly in good hands. Last year marked his 38th year as a professional musician, and the fourteen-time Grammy Award winner continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. Cross-pollination has been a mainstay throughout Skaggs' career and beyond his award-winning recordings, he continues to lead the charge in bringing renewed vitality to country music's most down-to-earth art form. From a string of high-profile tour dates with the Dixie Chicks in 2000, to his position as host of the unprecedented "All Star Bluegrass Celebration" which aired nationwide on PBS in 2002, to his participation in the wildly successful 41-city "Down from the Mountain" tour - Skaggs has become one of bluegrass' most talented and dynamic performers.
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