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Skaggs Takes Home Lifetime Achievement
Award |
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 Last
Wednesday night at the Americana
Music Association's annual Honors and
Awards ceremony, legendary country and
bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs was awarded
the organization's esteemed Lifetime
Achievement Award for Instrumentalist.
From the stage of the historic Ryman
Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee,
guitar legend Ry Cooder presented Skaggs
with the award.
"What a thrill to receive the
Lifetime Achievement Award from one of my
musical heroes, Ry Cooder. I've listened
to and loved his music for so many
years," notes Skaggs. "There
are so many musicians who are very
deserving of this great award. I'm very
thankful to the Americana Music
Association for this great honor. I'm
glad to be part of the Americana music
community. They still care about music.
So do I."
About Ricky Skaggs
Over the course of his 40 plus year
career, Ricky Skaggs has won 14 GRAMMY
Awards, 8 CMA Awards, 9 ACM Awards, 11
IBMA (International Bluegrass Music
Assn.) Awards, 9 ICM Awards, 2 Dove
Awards, 3 honorary Doctorate degrees and
countless other awards. Ricky has had 12
#1 singles on the Billboard Country
charts and 12 Top 20 Country albums,
along with twelve consecutive
GRAMMY-nominated albums, all from his own
Skaggs Family Records label. In 2012,
Ricky Skaggs was inducted into the
GMA’s Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Past recipients of this prestigious award
include Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton.www.RickySkaggs.com
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