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Ricky Skaggs

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Ricky Skaggs is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Restless Heart, Boston Pops Orchestra, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Lester Flatt and Keith Whitley. Those roots explain a lot about how Ricky Skaggs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barbara Mandrell, John Anderson, Johnny Lee, Sawyer Brown and Randy Travis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shenandoah, Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Jerry Douglas and Dolly Parton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Ricky Skaggs, reaching back through Restless Heart and forward to Shenandoah. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ricky SkaggsRestless HeartBoston Pops OrchestraTurn! Turn! Turn!Lester FlattKeith WhitleyEmmylou HarrisThe Moody BluesAlbert LeeShenandoahBrad PaisleyVince GillJerry DouglasDolly PartonPhishBruce HornsbyThe RaconteursBarbara MandrellJohn AndersonJohnny LeeSawyer BrownRandy TravisGeorge StraitShenandoahDan Seals

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Ricky Skaggs connections

Ricky Skaggs grew out of Restless Heart, Boston Pops Orchestra, Turn! Turn! Turn! and Lester Flatt, shares an orbit with Barbara Mandrell, John Anderson, Johnny Lee and Sawyer Brown, went on to shape Shenandoah, Brad Paisley, Vince Gill and Jerry Douglas. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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