RICKY SKAGGS AND BRUCE HORNSBY REUNITE
FOR SELECT
2017 US TOUR DATES
Six-city Tour Kicks-off February 26 in
Tarrytown, NY with Additional New York Dates to Follow as Well as Stops in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
Nashville, Tenn. (January 10, 2017)
Country and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and renowned pianist and songwriter Bruce Hornsby,
fellow friends and GRAMMY® winners, will soon hit the road once again
to collaborate with Skaggs' razor-sharp band Kentucky Thunder on
brand new tunes and traditional bluegrass classics. The "Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder" tour
kicks-off on February 26 in Tarrytown, NY with additional New York dates to
follow, as well as stops in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
"I always get
excited when I know I'm gonna get to tour with my good friend Bruce
Hornsby," says Skaggs. "Fireworks always happen!"
Hornsby adds, "The level of virtuosity
required to play bluegrass music with the freaks of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky
Thunder requires a good deal of practice; I always have to prepare a good deal,
practicing with the metronome at break-neck speed, crazy tempos, to be able to
hang with those guys."
Without any restrictions, their music is as
fascinating and masterful as the two stars that created it. The pair blends
songs drawn from deep roots in mountain music, adding piano and Hornsby's
inimitable songwriting to Skaggs' instrumental core of mandolin, guitar, bass,
fiddle and banjo into a musical feast. Punctuating the show is a vibrantly
expansive version of Hornsby's early hit "The Way It Is"
and a performance of "White Wheeled Limousine,"
and to sum up the free-spirited nature of their collaborations, Skaggs and
Hornsby joyfully present the vintage fiddle tune "Cluck Ol' Hen." Skaggs and Hornsby promise to kick
up a storm with their mix of high-lonesome harmonies, full throttle bluegrass
picking, and improvisational piano.
2017
"Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder" Tour Dates:
Feb 26 - Tarrytown, NY -
Tarrytown Music Hall
Feb 27 - Red Bank, NJ - Count
Basie Theatre
March 1 - Brookville, NY
- Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
March 3 - Lancaster, PA - American
Music Theatre
March 4 - Wilmington, DE - The
Grand Opera House, Copeland Hall
March 5 - Verona, NY
- Turning Stone Resort & Casino at The Showroom
About Ricky Skaggs
Earning 12
#1 hit singles, 14 GRAMMY® Awards, 11 IBMA Awards, nine ACM
Awards, eight CMA Awards (including Entertainer of the
Year), two Dove Awards, the ASCAP Founders Award, three honorary
Doctorate degrees, inductions into the Musicians Hall of Fame and GMA
Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the 2013 Artist-In-Residence at the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, an Americana Music
Association Lifetime Achievement Award in
the Instrumentalist category along with countless other awards, Ricky
Skaggs is truly a pioneer of Bluegrass and Country music. Since he began
playing music more than 50 years ago, Skaggs has released more than 30 albums
and has performed thousands of live shows. He started his own record label,
Skaggs Family Records, in 1997 and has since released 12
consecutive GRAMMY®-nominated albums. His latest release, Hearts
Like Ours, with his wife, celebrated artist Sharon White of The
Whites features the couple dueting on handpicked country love songs. And
the Grand Ole Opry member has released his first-ever
autobiography, "Kentucky Traveler." The book details the life and times
of Skaggs and provides a descriptive history of Country and Bluegrass music, as
told by the master himself. In addition to his regular touring schedule
with his band, Kentucky Thunder, he recently performed a string of dates
with his better half Sharon White along with guitar legend Ry
Cooder on the critically-acclaimed "Cooder-White-Skaggs" tour
and from time to time hits the road with versatile singer/songwriter and
pianist Bruce Hornsby on another critically-acclaimed tour,
"Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder."
For more information on Ricky Skaggs, visit www.rickyskaggs.com.
For more information on Ricky Skaggs, visit www.rickyskaggs.com.
About Bruce Hornsby
Bruce
Hornsby's work displays a creative iconoclasm that’s been a constant in the
artist’s two-and-a-half decade recording career. His commercial stock soared
early on, when "The Way It Is"–the title track of his 1986 debut
album–became one of the most popular songs on American radio. Despite his early
mainstream successes, Hornsby has pursued a more personal, idiosyncratic
musical path, focusing on projects that sparked his creative interest,
including collaborations with the Grateful Dead, Spike Lee, Ricky Skaggs, Don
Henley, Ornette Coleman, Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck, Bonnie Raitt, Pat Metheny, and
Robbie Robertson. Hornsby’s performance will offer a glimpse of a restless
spirit who continues to push forward into new musical terrain.
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