Ricky Skaggs Wins 14th Grammy

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Ricky Skaggs' 'Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 and 1947' (Skaggs Family Records) won Best Bluegrass Album at last night's Grammy Awards. This is Skaggs' 14th win overall, and he has won the last nine consecutive times he's been nominated.

The album is an inspired tribute to Bill Monroe and the 'Original Bluegrass Band,' featuring Skaggs and his ace band Kentucky Thunder taking on the songs that Monroe birthed the genre with. Billboard called 'Honoring the Fathers' 'nothing short of brilliant,' while the New York Times said 'there is an unmistakable integrity to his effort here... its subject, like its execution, comes across as admirably vivid.'

Skaggs embarks on an ambitious reissue series beginning February 24, releasing his landmark 1980's albums for the first time on his own Skaggs Family Records. The first reissue will be 'Highways & Heartaches,' the platinum selling 1982 album that spawned three No 1 country hits for Skaggs.

Skaggs' career has had no shortage of landmarks. It began with a performance at the Opry at 7, and over the course of his 38 year career, on top of the 14 Grammy Awards, Skaggs has won 10 IBMA awards, 8 CMA awards and 8 ACM awards. In 1982, Ricky was made the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry, and Skaggs has had 12 No 1 singles on the Billboard Country charts and 12 Top 20 Country albums. His position is firm as one of the country's true musical treasures and icons.