I was lucky enough to spend a few days here in NYC with Ricky Skaggs and Gordon Kennedy, who were here doing press for Ricky’s new album ‘Mosaic’ (Gordon co-produced with Ricky and wrote or co-wrote all the songs). As we traveled from interview to interview, it was incredible to hear Ricky talk about all the different collaborations he’s done with everyone from the Stanley Brothers to Emmylou Harris to Dolly Parton to Jack White. In honor of Ricky’s inspiring stories, here’s a YouTube tour of some of Ricky’s coolest collaborations, I think some will definitely surprise you.
Here’s a 7-year-old Ricky performing “Ruby” on the Flatt and Scruggs show (two years after he first shared a stage with Bill Monroe)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhvDvMV4_FY]
Ricky and Emmylou Harris performing “Hello Stranger”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqd6ek9OCPk&feature=related]
Ricky and Dolly Parton doing “The Pain of Loving You”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKCmFzgaf0E]
Ricky, Geogre Jones and Elvis Costello on Ricky’s old TNN show
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbPeFsyZWXA]
Ricky and Bill Monroe doing “Uncle Pen”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpH8Wu9DbjM&feature=related]
Ricky and the Chieftans
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QZ0eZ196SM]
Ricky performing”Uncle Pen” with Phish and Del McCoury
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QShQjr-hiig]
Ricky and Brad Paisley performing “Highway 40 Blues”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWcIFRzqHVY&feature=related]
Ricky recording a bluegrass-inspired version of “Old Enough” with The Raconteurs and Ashley Monroe
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD2i9K03lt8]
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