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    • Jul 25, 1922
    Hobert Skaggs is born in Redbush, Kentucky. His children will include country and bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs
    Jul 1, 1947
    Hobert Skaggs marries Dorothy Thompson. The couple raises a future Country Music Hall of Fame member, son Ricky Skaggs
    Jul 18, 1954
    Ricky Skaggs is born in Cordell, Kentucky. Centered in bluegrass, he leads a swing toward traditional country in the early-1980s, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1982 and taking the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
    Sep 27, 1980

    Fiddler Ricky Skaggs, Dobro player Jerry Douglas and The Whites perform "San Antonio Rose" on "Hee Haw" as members of Buck White & The Down Home Folks. Janie Fricke sings "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)," and Buck Owens leads the whole "Hee Haw" gang in "Rocky Top" 

    Jan 9, 1981
    Ricky Skaggs holds the first recording session for "Don't Get Above Your Raising"
    Mar 11, 1981
    Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' remake of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Don't Get Above Your Raising," Skaggs' first single for the label
    May 8, 1981
    Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' album "Waitin' For The Sun To Shine"
    Aug 4, 1981
    Ricky Skaggs marries Sharon White, of The Whites. The couple performs "If I Needed You" during the ceremony
    Aug 21, 1981
    Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' "You May See Me Walkin'"
    Oct 30, 1981
    Ricky Skaggs records "Heartbroke" at Audio Media Recorders in Nashville
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