From: mitchelldickson@bellsouth.net   
      
   Actually Patti,   
      
   I have a video of six year old Ricky playing Mandolin on an old Flatt and   
   Scruggs Pet Milk Show in the late 50's.   
      
   At thirteen he and Keith Whitley were playing as a fill in at a Ralph   
   Stanley concert where Ralph was late due to bus trouble.  Old Ralph hired   
   both of them when he heard them!  I remember being at Lavonia, Georgia   
   playing for Jimmy Martin, and sitting on Ralph's bus talking to Ricky.  This   
   was years before Boone Creek.  Maybe a decade.  But Mark is right that Boone   
   Creek is a fine album.  You might want to see if you can find a copy of   
   "Live in Japan" by J.D. Crowe.  Lots of fine early Scaggs on that as well.   
      
   Mitch   
      
   "Mark Payne"  wrote in message   
   news:C130C520.E2C0%mpayne32@carolina.rr.com...   
   > Patti,   
   >   
   > Thought you might like to know that Ricky Skaggs started out in a   
   bluegrass   
   > group called Boone Creek.  They also had Jerry Douglas (plays dobro with   
   > Alison Krauss) and Terry Baucom (plays banjo for Doyle Lawson) in the   
   group   
   > as well.  Give it a listen, you will enjoy it a lot.   
   >   
   > Have a great weekend!   
   >   
   > Mark   
   >   
   >   
   > On 9/14/06 11:33 PM, in article 450a1e58.130149@nntp.iglou.com, "patti"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > I had seen several album reviews where it mentioned no review could   
   > > give justice to what you would hear live vs the album.   
   > >   
   > > I was lucky enough to see them tonight in an intimate venue, around   
   > > 500 seats with 300 being on the floor, rest balcony.  We were 5 row   
   > > center and it was wonderful.  He had a great sense of humor, told   
   > > wonderful Bill Monroe stories and KY Thunder was awesome.  I had seen   
   > > Ricky many yrs ago back in his country days but not since he turned   
   > > totally to bluegrass and not with this band.  I wish it had never   
   > > ended, lol.   
   > >   
   > > Patti   
   > >   
   >   
      
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