I just saw Ricky Skaggs TODAY (Sept. 4, 2011) at a concert in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Still goin' strong, and sounded GREAT! He mentioned in his show that he performed on stage with Flatt & Skruggs at age 7.
Oh, wow! I love it! I've only seen him as an adult as well. I was lucky enough to see him in concert both at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa Ca., and some years later in Petaluma at the county fair. I loved him the first time I saw him and I was SO excited to get to see him again. As I recall he had a mighty cute guitarist there with him that time. ;-) My mother and I have several of his albums (tapes, now) and still play them regularly. Beautiful picking! We Love You Ricky! Keep playing
Oh, wow! I love it! I've only seen him as an adult as well. I was lucky enough to see him in concert both at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa Ca., and some years later in Petaluma at the county fair. I loved him the first time I saw him and I was SO excited to get to see him again. As I recall he had a mighty cute guitarist there with him that time. ;-) My mother and I have several of his albums (tapes, now) and still play them regularly. Beautiful picking! We Love You Ricky!
Golden stuff! Little Ricky Skraggs! I gotta say big Ricky would look a helluva lot better if he went back to little Ricky's hairstyle. What is that all about?
This video is so appealing mainly because this little boy is so cute and so talented. I have only seen him as an adult. What a delight. Thanks for posting this!
Ricky played the original across the road from my Uncle Chuck Gartin's (RIP) and he is my father's (RIP) Brother In Law Glare Mullins (Aunt Stella (RIP) nephew. I was born in Louisa KY ans damned proud of it. Like everyone else went to Ohio or some of us to Memphis. enjoyed the Video Ricky. Your Cousin Johnny is here with me. We are officially home sick after hearing this. Maybe we will all get together (hopefully in Louisa soon.
@sbetts1234 my dad and ricky went to school together. my dad was born outside of blaine, ky. my dad and ricky went to school together in high school. I have some yearbooks that have ricky in them and would love to find a way to share them.
Ricky Skaggs tell a story on one of these YouTube videos about attending a Bill Monroe concert when he was this age. Several people in the audience kept yelling for Mr. Monroe to get Ricky up on stage. Finally he says yes and Ricky finds himself on stage with Bill Monroe. Bill took his own mandolin off his shoulder shortens the strap and hands it to Ricky. What a story!
was Ricky born playing a mandolin.lucky enough to see him in UK a couple of times. A lovely man A Great performer.This video is a treasure.Thankyou very much for posting.
Lester Flatt supposedly found this kid, and I remember seeing Ricky in color I think on Grand Ole Opry at age 8 or 9 standing on his tip toes trying to reach the mic. He and Flatt were very close, but Lester died in 1977 if I am not mistaken. Ricky still puts out some great music, but everyone is a lot older now, and alas some have gone away, but its a treat to still hear them play. Thanks to whomever found this and posted it.
@AWTD Idiot savant, not "mongoloid". I played music with an autistic kid that was very skilled at music, and he later has been a famous picker after he outgrew it. But Ricky Skaggs was a special kid, no doubt.
I might be young but damn......what happened to the good ol music? This so called ''COUNTRY" you here on the radio these days aint country to me at all!!!
Ricky also told everyone , regarding his pulling at Lester's coat: "if my mother caught me interrupting an adult - she'd tear me up!!" I think another reason why he hid under the bed while the family was watching the show.
He was so proud to be making that dedication outside the Ryman that day. And Curly Seckler was in the audience along with Ray Price and other notables.
Frm notes made at 2006 Brth of Bluegrass ded. Told by Scaggs.
Dad took him to Opry . He knew security grd who let them bckstage.He took out his mando and played as Earl walked by.He told him to tell dad to bring him for audition. At rehearsal Lester told him to pull on his jacket & interupt him.
They rec'd lettr frm show telling whn it wud be aired.
Family got ready but he was so shy he hid under bed til show was over.
He never saw the show til he found out a copy was in the Hall Of Fame.
This is precious, priceless footage .. dated January 1962. A Once-In-A Generation Moment here, re young man Ricky in action with the GREAT F & S & The Fabulous Foggy Mtn Boys. Fans can get hold of this clip for themselves in perpetuity .. it's on Episode 2 of 2 in Volume 3 of Shenachie's fabulous 10-Volume DVD Collection of the best of the Flatt & Scruggs Marta White TV Shows, taken variously from the 1950s & 60s.
@dottiekirby All the good musicians are still out there...you just have to look for them. The music industry these days care only about a pretty face and totally ignore real talent. Me being an amateur musician myself, it makes me sick to think my hard work isn't wanted in the music world. But that doesn't matter to me...seeing the smiles on people's faces after I play my mando is all the reward I need. Bluegrass is about the fans, not the recognition. My Grass is always Blue!
@redbulljustice99 he didnt have bill as a teacher.. he played with bill once when he was 6, but he didnt meet him for serious until later... i believe his dad taught him
This is cute, and impressive as well. I didn't know Ricky was out doing his thing at that age. He's obviously a talented guy, but whoever the poster here was that said he's simply the greatest musical talent alive today----c'mon, let's get real.....lol.
Even at a young age Ricky had an amazing gift. The fact that he got to share the stage with Flatt and Scruggs is great. What an amazing gift to music all of those men are.
@ottawarattlers : this clip is contained in Episode 2 of 2, Volume 3 of 10, in Shenachie's fabulous 10-Volume DVD set of the best of the Flatt & Scruggs Martha White TV Shows from the 1950s & 60s. Just visit the Shenachie website ... these DVDs are worth every penny ...
Whew! He was doing everything before he could even walk! The year before when he was six he played with Bill Monroe....ain't that just somethin'....wish my parents had started me out with the banjo earlier...
Hot smokin' fartblossom, didya notice how his fingers never leave his hands? I tell ya fer sure, if I'da been a kid back then, I'd be a man right now, and that ain't no lie. There's been over a billion and one songs written and this is surely one of 'em. I reckon that Ricky's ma and pa musta tied him to a block of ice and made him play all day long to keep from freezin' to death.
When I was his age I was burning ants with a magnifying glass. Somehow I managed to set our bathroom on fire! Luckily the flames never got over to the house.
What a coincidence...I remember lighting matches in a my driveway when I was his age and for some reason the garage 5 feet away from explodes into flames...hahah,
in contrast, when i was 7, i was warned to watch out with those big dull round scissors they had in first grade when cutting construction paper pretty good coordination for a 7 yr old , good post
Yeah man, he can flat play and sing and was a doll baby back then. Very gifted, and his music is awesome, however, unlike back when a little boy, today he is cold, unfriendly and ignores his fans as if they are not there. He didn't care that he inspired a family to sing & ignored them like no one was talking to him. A kid wanted to give him a letter, I witnessed, and he ignored her too. The gift is there but no personality. Fans put him there, right? or was it just Flatt and Scruggs?
not really, because before guitar hero existed, the kind of kids who play guitar hero were just doing some other worthless, stupid shit. its not like there are kids who play guitar hero instead of an actual instrument actually have the talent to do so. guitar hero is just another video game that happens to have music playing in it.
The best part (besides the picking) is how genuinly they laugh when little Ricky asks to pick. Great video. Thanks. Not too many good bands out there playing this great trad stuff anymore except The Out of Town Boys, Ricky Scaggs and 1946. They all got some good videos y'all ought to check out.
Anybody with half a brain could have seen this and predicted phenomenally great things from little Ricky. Hell, at seven he had half the players in today's country music beat.
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I wanna post something like "And this next mus'cal number is my daddy's favorite song about shooting nigras" but, quite honestly, this song is too good for me to smartass this video. And I'm not even that big a fan of country music
This is one of the coolest vids' I've seen here. Thanks so much for putting this up. I love Ricky Scaggs's pickin' and did not even know this existed. Wow.
no that is ricky skaggs, They performed in the little town, out somewhere, and ricky and his parents went to the school where they were playing and bill monroe pulled him up on stage and began pickin with earl scruggs and lester flatt, the reason that bill monroe isnt around is becaus he gave his mandolin to ricky, and he walked out of the screen since he didnt play nothin durin that song
I'm aware that's Ricky Skaggs. Further, I can assure you that Bill Monroe wasn't around. This is a clip from the Martha White Show that featured Flatt & Scruggs. Lester Flatt had already had his major falling out with Monroe by this time. Also, that is NOT Monroe's mandolin. Monroe was famous for playing a Gibson F-5 (Lloyd Loar era) mandolin. Skaggs is playing at A model which I have never seen nor heard of Monroe ever playing on stage.
Another clue that Bill Monroe wasn't there was the presence of the dobro (played by "Uncle Josh" Graves.) Monroe was very vocal about how the dobro had no place in bluegrass music (which was pretty selective since the mandolin had only come into popularity shortly before Monroe was born.) Skaggs did play on stage with Monroe when he was six using Monroe's Gibson F-5 mandolin but that was at a Bill Monroe concert so you were partially right.
Here's a good example of why it's good for people to start young on music! Now where are all the people who post disparaging comments on every unknown kid playing well on an instrument on YouTube? Aren't you all going to complain about how little Ricky's parents must have forced him to practice and how he couldn't have had a normal childhood? Come on, let's hear from you! ;)
No problem
Jm01394 1 month ago
Wow Ricky Skaggs said this was here at his concert last night in Calgary, Alberta ---- Awesome !!! So glad he told us about it :)
Vistadeck 2 months ago
This is incredible! Rare footage and rare talent.
TheFletch827 3 months ago
"WHO"S GONNA FILL THEIR SHOES "
pamelasu65 4 months ago
I just saw Ricky Skaggs TODAY (Sept. 4, 2011) at a concert in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Still goin' strong, and sounded GREAT! He mentioned in his show that he performed on stage with Flatt & Skruggs at age 7.
jgmagoo1 4 months ago 2
That's about how old I was when I started... but I wasn't half that good then!
legopicker 4 months ago
that was fantastic!!
smb08 5 months ago
Oh, wow! I love it! I've only seen him as an adult as well. I was lucky enough to see him in concert both at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa Ca., and some years later in Petaluma at the county fair. I loved him the first time I saw him and I was SO excited to get to see him again. As I recall he had a mighty cute guitarist there with him that time. ;-) My mother and I have several of his albums (tapes, now) and still play them regularly. Beautiful picking! We Love You Ricky! Keep playing
nathanbaby1000 5 months ago
Oh, wow! I love it! I've only seen him as an adult as well. I was lucky enough to see him in concert both at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa Ca., and some years later in Petaluma at the county fair. I loved him the first time I saw him and I was SO excited to get to see him again. As I recall he had a mighty cute guitarist there with him that time. ;-) My mother and I have several of his albums (tapes, now) and still play them regularly. Beautiful picking! We Love You Ricky!
nathanbaby1000 5 months ago
Who are the 14 people who don't like this? Rap fans I guess....
2274brian 5 months ago 5
DARLING!
CustomMemoriesDemos 6 months ago
Golden stuff! Little Ricky Skraggs! I gotta say big Ricky would look a helluva lot better if he went back to little Ricky's hairstyle. What is that all about?
Gilstrap2009 6 months ago 2
This video is so appealing mainly because this little boy is so cute and so talented. I have only seen him as an adult. What a delight. Thanks for posting this!
gcpropertymanagement 6 months ago
Ricky played the original across the road from my Uncle Chuck Gartin's (RIP) and he is my father's (RIP) Brother In Law Glare Mullins (Aunt Stella (RIP) nephew. I was born in Louisa KY ans damned proud of it. Like everyone else went to Ohio or some of us to Memphis. enjoyed the Video Ricky. Your Cousin Johnny is here with me. We are officially home sick after hearing this. Maybe we will all get together (hopefully in Louisa soon.
Thinking of you ..
Susan Gartin (Howard's Daughter)
sbetts1234 7 months ago
@sbetts1234 my dad and ricky went to school together. my dad was born outside of blaine, ky. my dad and ricky went to school together in high school. I have some yearbooks that have ricky in them and would love to find a way to share them.
jyoung0509 5 months ago
Ricky Skaggs tell a story on one of these YouTube videos about attending a Bill Monroe concert when he was this age. Several people in the audience kept yelling for Mr. Monroe to get Ricky up on stage. Finally he says yes and Ricky finds himself on stage with Bill Monroe. Bill took his own mandolin off his shoulder shortens the strap and hands it to Ricky. What a story!
MsDarkblade 8 months ago
REAKON ITS BETTER THAN MA FIBER THE AGE IS WORNG HES WAS 6
niterider460 8 months ago
REAKON ITS BETTER THAN MA FIBER
niterider460 8 months ago
Great video. Thanks for posting. I'm gonna see Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder at The Watseka Theatre Watseka IL on Friday August 26, 2011.
rocmaven 8 months ago
he and keith whitley played with the stanley bros. when they were teenagers
sreksuhn244 9 months ago
Pretty damn cool 7-years old and being backed by one of the greatest blugrass groups ever. Awesome!
jbash1970 9 months ago
Gotta' love Ricky's accent and Lester's laugh!
rll1954 9 months ago
wow..cool
RETRO714 10 months ago
was Ricky born playing a mandolin.lucky enough to see him in UK a couple of times. A lovely man A Great performer.This video is a treasure.Thankyou very much for posting.
sidcarp1 10 months ago
Hes actually from brussy creek in Blaine,Ky .
Whordell 10 months ago
this makes me smile :)
Urabus08 10 months ago
Lester Flatt supposedly found this kid, and I remember seeing Ricky in color I think on Grand Ole Opry at age 8 or 9 standing on his tip toes trying to reach the mic. He and Flatt were very close, but Lester died in 1977 if I am not mistaken. Ricky still puts out some great music, but everyone is a lot older now, and alas some have gone away, but its a treat to still hear them play. Thanks to whomever found this and posted it.
Satchmoeddie 10 months ago
all i gotta say is.......WOW
Hholeo8 10 months ago
and he was only 6 at the time ! WOW
combatvetdoc 11 months ago
Man, that's amazing! And he's not even a mongoloid!
AWTD 11 months ago
@AWTD Why would he be?
woodbutcherjohn 10 months ago
@AWTD Idiot savant, not "mongoloid". I played music with an autistic kid that was very skilled at music, and he later has been a famous picker after he outgrew it. But Ricky Skaggs was a special kid, no doubt.
fiddler1861 4 months ago
entirely adorable
MsJollycholly 11 months ago
Gotta love how ole' Lester says "Special"
XxWINxX94 11 months ago
wow one bluegrass legends and a band of bluegrass legends wow
madolinryan 1 year ago
my mom just passed away and she loved ricky.She would have thought this was great.This the good kinda music i was raised on. GOD BLESS I LOVE AWAYS .
mmpawlak 1 year ago
GREAT!
And wonderful document!!!
anitadavideduo 1 year ago
Great stuff
MrAlvary 1 year ago
I heard Ricky talk about playing with Lester and Earl when he was a boy and now I've finally got to see it.SUPER STUFF boys anyway you cut it,
kukaburr 1 year ago
I might be young but damn......what happened to the good ol music? This so called ''COUNTRY" you here on the radio these days aint country to me at all!!!
67goon 1 year ago 2
wow very impressive!
GDguitarplayer 1 year ago
Thank you for who ever discovered this
lakehome225 1 year ago
Awesome! ...Y'all need to watch "Jake and Josh. Have a Feast Here Tonight" on YouTube. It is a hot one, with funny lyrics and great singing.
CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL 1 year ago
Just to correct - should be Skaggs - sorry.
Ricky also told everyone , regarding his pulling at Lester's coat: "if my mother caught me interrupting an adult - she'd tear me up!!" I think another reason why he hid under the bed while the family was watching the show.
He was so proud to be making that dedication outside the Ryman that day. And Curly Seckler was in the audience along with Ray Price and other notables.
bluegrasscannuk 1 year ago
Frm notes made at 2006 Brth of Bluegrass ded. Told by Scaggs.
Dad took him to Opry . He knew security grd who let them bckstage.He took out his mando and played as Earl walked by.He told him to tell dad to bring him for audition. At rehearsal Lester told him to pull on his jacket & interupt him.
They rec'd lettr frm show telling whn it wud be aired.
Family got ready but he was so shy he hid under bed til show was over.
He never saw the show til he found out a copy was in the Hall Of Fame.
bluegrasscannuk 1 year ago
What a treasure this video is. Thank you a million for posting. sub'd
Yahaziff 1 year ago
ROFL when you see those other "seven year old prodigy guitarist" videos compared to this.
jonoroxxx 1 year ago
priceless footage
razorreilly09 1 year ago
how amazing is ricky skaggs omg
0ofreako0 1 year ago
Thanks Ricky, God gifted you and you have
used it well!!!
Hisgracecase 1 year ago
What a treat! Thank you so much for posting.
StringBeanNelly 1 year ago
Wow. Great big thanks for these!
srybishop 1 year ago
real talent and he knows that The Good Lord gave it to him!
kittykitty0422 1 year ago 2
This is precious, priceless footage .. dated January 1962. A Once-In-A Generation Moment here, re young man Ricky in action with the GREAT F & S & The Fabulous Foggy Mtn Boys. Fans can get hold of this clip for themselves in perpetuity .. it's on Episode 2 of 2 in Volume 3 of Shenachie's fabulous 10-Volume DVD Collection of the best of the Flatt & Scruggs Marta White TV Shows, taken variously from the 1950s & 60s.
colindominy 1 year ago
Who would have thought that he would become such a great musician!
buffloader 1 year ago
Sweet! What a talent even then!! It's a shame true talents like this don't own the radio station anymore :( Keep replaying it at home though :)
bigdiezl01 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing!
twyman 1 year ago
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@91kevinl fuck you you fuckin douche your just pissed off cause your dick is so small and your jellious you cant play like that
deerhunter123ful 1 year ago
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spacegasp 1 year ago
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fucking inbred rednecks
91kevinl 1 year ago
wow... who knew... great to see the past live on...
Amberol 1 year ago
GO RICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SPIRITAIR1 1 year ago
How amazing is that? What a great post!
CntryInVa 1 year ago
Great Video. Thanks for sharing that. I really enjoy Lestr and Earl.... Seeing Ricky is a bonus.
hogdog1953 1 year ago
He started earlier than this, at Martha, KY with Bill Monroe.
terryville49 1 year ago
A legend in his own time. Amazing
LoneStarTweety 1 year ago 2
ive always love hearing good picking
gallowsedge 1 year ago
wow!!!!! i never knew????? you go RICKY!!!
barbj7121 1 year ago
Is there a musical term for the quick strum technique at 0:53?
ekulrialb 1 year ago
that boy came out of his mommas uterus with one of those miniature guitar things attached...
aaronecolyer 1 year ago
@aaronecolyer It's a mandolin.
lentilofhope 1 year ago
He was born to play mandolin. John Sebastian wrote a song about this kind of musician, he said:
"Nashville cats been playin' since they's babies
Nashville cats get work before they're two"
alejhombre 1 year ago
hope i can do that when i grow up
xOLDxCOWBOYx 1 year ago
Amazing!
Gvosb 2 years ago 2
Holy CRAP!?!?!?!?!
dingadang 2 years ago 3
He was dead serious about it too! He meant business even back then. 5*****
banjovi1953 2 years ago
Where have all the good musicians gone?
dottiekirby 2 years ago 8
@dottiekirby they are still out there but the media pushes the crap on us still
steve89z 1 year ago
@dottiekirby All the good musicians are still out there...you just have to look for them. The music industry these days care only about a pretty face and totally ignore real talent. Me being an amateur musician myself, it makes me sick to think my hard work isn't wanted in the music world. But that doesn't matter to me...seeing the smiles on people's faces after I play my mando is all the reward I need. Bluegrass is about the fans, not the recognition. My Grass is always Blue!
Brandon1Ladd 1 year ago 2
god damn he's good. i heard he was 6 when he first played on stage with bill monroe
sweetypie000 2 years ago
thanks
Mr8704 2 years ago
what year was this?
Mr8704 2 years ago
@Mr8704 ...I think it was January 1962.
CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL 2 years ago
that is ok i guess haha
wesley9006 2 years ago
what do u expect hes a product of the great bill monroe lol if you had bill 4 a teacher you could pic sing or somthin i guarantee yea
redbulljustice99 2 years ago
@redbulljustice99 he didnt have bill as a teacher.. he played with bill once when he was 6, but he didnt meet him for serious until later... i believe his dad taught him
migasaguiar 1 year ago
Ricky you little freak goddamn I wish I could have played like you at 7 years of age!
askii 2 years ago 2
Ricky played better at 7 than I did at 27 ! Check out STRINGBEAN...Herding Cattle. It is a gas ! and Uncle Josh gets pretty tickled too.
CARROLLCTYDOBROGIRL 2 years ago
Haha.."what's your name? Ricky Scaggs..Ricky Scraggs"..... good just Lester.
cleangene 2 years ago
How nice.
82abnoff 2 years ago
Good song, awesome music. Thanks for posting.
black84camaro 2 years ago 3
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If I was American then I would be proud too!
johnniescarlett 2 years ago
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johnniescarlett 2 years ago
Awesome. makes ya proud to be American
sonoflavadome 2 years ago 2
This is cute, and impressive as well. I didn't know Ricky was out doing his thing at that age. He's obviously a talented guy, but whoever the poster here was that said he's simply the greatest musical talent alive today----c'mon, let's get real.....lol.
governorgilf 2 years ago
Earl Scruggs is stil alive, so...
evelau 2 years ago
Even at a young age Ricky had an amazing gift. The fact that he got to share the stage with Flatt and Scruggs is great. What an amazing gift to music all of those men are.
barker747 2 years ago
Talk about a start! Ricky wound up with the right type of guys!
madkatz5083 2 years ago 3
Dang! Somebody give that kid a raise!
RobertELee01 2 years ago 5
this is not foggy mountain......... is it?......
whiteskull02 2 years ago
Special, not breakdown
DaGizmoGuy 2 years ago
At 7-year old playing with Flatt and Scruggs - Damn...... !
genehilbert 2 years ago 3
Thank the Lord for technology and YouTube today...who knew Ricky Skaggs started that early..and with such great company!.
Great post, thanks a lot. Where does one even find this stuff!
ottawarattlers 2 years ago 36
@ottawarattlers : this clip is contained in Episode 2 of 2, Volume 3 of 10, in Shenachie's fabulous 10-Volume DVD set of the best of the Flatt & Scruggs Martha White TV Shows from the 1950s & 60s. Just visit the Shenachie website ... these DVDs are worth every penny ...
colindominy 1 year ago
Cute as a button!
KittraKittra 2 years ago 5
how awesome is this kid, i want his skill :( :p
eldiederik 2 years ago 4
Pick a little. Picka while. This Kid has Style.
Grifiki 2 years ago
now thats music
thelife81 2 years ago
He looks scared to death but if he was it didn't stop him at all!
rtbrno65 2 years ago 4
pipe down and enjoy the video.
tactteam00 2 years ago 17
amen brother!!!!!!!
blueieze4u 2 years ago
wow Ricky Skaggs!
danjames56 2 years ago 3
kids sure where raised better in the good old days haha
These days they twittle their thumbs over video game controllers.
bucketmouthangler13 2 years ago 6
Skaggs was,is a natural. Love his music.
g8tr73 2 years ago
Whew! He was doing everything before he could even walk! The year before when he was six he played with Bill Monroe....ain't that just somethin'....wish my parents had started me out with the banjo earlier...
bluegrassexpress309 2 years ago
who is the pick
chrisbowman69 2 years ago
That man is the greatest mandolin picker ever! Keep it up!
Classiccountry09 2 years ago
haha
Mar10Guitar 2 years ago
Wow! What talent !!
My son Anthony is 7 years old and if he can go to the bathroom without fracturing a rib.....well, that's a good day for him (lol)
Thanks for posting!
dovermoreno 2 years ago 5
ROTFLMAO!
bigstretch100 2 years ago
That's a freakin' riot... thanks for the laugh!
chisaoboy 2 years ago
I love Ricky Scaggs
golyg 2 years ago
Go Son Go
drrosson 2 years ago
Ricky Skaggs, a true master on the mandolin, back then and now. Amazing.
petervdveenmuis 2 years ago 2
I could only play the radio at that age, or the juke box. Strange, but I'm still no more talented. LOLL!!!
oldcountrytunes 2 years ago 2
aaah heeee heee heeeee... thatsaaa good one
tactteam00 2 years ago
TRUE MASTER
grafixcam 2 years ago
Hot smokin' fartblossom, didya notice how his fingers never leave his hands? I tell ya fer sure, if I'da been a kid back then, I'd be a man right now, and that ain't no lie. There's been over a billion and one songs written and this is surely one of 'em. I reckon that Ricky's ma and pa musta tied him to a block of ice and made him play all day long to keep from freezin' to death.
moproducer 2 years ago 3
Show's what you know.................asshole.
OULIAR2 2 years ago
When I was his age I was burning ants with a magnifying glass. Somehow I managed to set our bathroom on fire! Luckily the flames never got over to the house.
HClagwell 2 years ago
What a coincidence...I remember lighting matches in a my driveway when I was his age and for some reason the garage 5 feet away from explodes into flames...hahah,
good times
amerikanerMarinen 2 years ago 4
You must have had an interesting childhood...
Even I, the commander of the Confederate army wouldn't blow things up at that age. There was no war then.
RobertELee01 2 years ago
when I'm cleaning windows
southsieed 2 years ago
Wow! Mad skills at 7! I knew Ricky was good early on, but didn't realize he was that good that early!
rockinredneck57 2 years ago 4
i huffed too much white out and rubber cement by that age i was already a loser LOL
sandunguera503 2 years ago
He's seven? When i was his age, i was eight.
konzwambii 3 years ago 2
What year is this recording?
lois228gmail 2 years ago
1961
dta27615 2 years ago
I was eating paste at that age. He's good. But that paste... yum yum! lol
tazburgh 3 years ago 2
in contrast, when i was 7, i was warned to watch out with those big dull round scissors they had in first grade when cutting construction paper pretty good coordination for a 7 yr old , good post
lmranch08 3 years ago
man could he pick even then! awesome!
jeffkahl 3 years ago 2
COOL...Love ricky skaggs...He was an amazing player even at 7...
Igot2shout 3 years ago
2:05 - 2:10
good jam
PhatxBoyxFresh 3 years ago
Man 5 stars.Thanks for posting.
RiverRenegade 3 years ago
Ricky's so amazing! Wow!!!!! Incredible skills not usually seen in all other gifted children.
waddleduckie1 3 years ago
Yeah man, he can flat play and sing and was a doll baby back then. Very gifted, and his music is awesome, however, unlike back when a little boy, today he is cold, unfriendly and ignores his fans as if they are not there. He didn't care that he inspired a family to sing & ignored them like no one was talking to him. A kid wanted to give him a letter, I witnessed, and he ignored her too. The gift is there but no personality. Fans put him there, right? or was it just Flatt and Scruggs?
ganderson8048 3 years ago 5
Ha ha, my thoughts exactly: Great stuff.
rrrickey 3 years ago
Great stuff. Ricky Skaggs is wonderful. I wish I had grown up during that era.
lemmesaythis 3 years ago
well that just made my day
futuresparky 3 years ago 2
I wish the Collins kids or Ronnie Dawson was on the show too. maybe they're too rock & roll but I like them.
ffairlane57 3 years ago
that was so cute
madaboutyou222 3 years ago
I wish all the kids wasting their time trying to be proficient on Guitar Hero would see this. It'd be an inspiration to learn the real deal.
mrgears 3 years ago 8
Holy cow, I agree, I needed to hear somebody else say that...
ParadiseDancers 3 years ago 2
not really, because before guitar hero existed, the kind of kids who play guitar hero were just doing some other worthless, stupid shit. its not like there are kids who play guitar hero instead of an actual instrument actually have the talent to do so. guitar hero is just another video game that happens to have music playing in it.
oak91td 3 years ago
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Actually, you are completely wrong. Sorry.
I play guitar hero and I also play the piano, drums, sing, and I'm taking guitar lessons next semester.
So stop generalizing asswipe.
And no, I'm not giving up guitar hero just because I play real instruments, because they're both fun in their own way.
Blargherness 2 years ago
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asswipe,asswipe ?
rooborne 2 years ago
The best part (besides the picking) is how genuinly they laugh when little Ricky asks to pick. Great video. Thanks. Not too many good bands out there playing this great trad stuff anymore except The Out of Town Boys, Ricky Scaggs and 1946. They all got some good videos y'all ought to check out.
bigdaddybluegrass 3 years ago 2
Love the way Ricky tugs on Lester's pantleg at the start. Kid doesn't look nervous at all. Great vid.
banjodevon 3 years ago 4
Anybody with half a brain could have seen this and predicted phenomenally great things from little Ricky. Hell, at seven he had half the players in today's country music beat.
mka800 3 years ago 3
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I wanna post something like "And this next mus'cal number is my daddy's favorite song about shooting nigras" but, quite honestly, this song is too good for me to smartass this video. And I'm not even that big a fan of country music
DeadJerker 3 years ago
This is one of the coolest vids' I've seen here. Thanks so much for putting this up. I love Ricky Scaggs's pickin' and did not even know this existed. Wow.
TEarnest 3 years ago
Ricky Skaggs is simply the greatest musical talent alive today! He can play ANYTHING and he can sing ANYTHING and he does it ALL perfectly!
Rcksaltnnails 3 years ago 5
that was awesome I started playing mandolin at 9 and im 11 now but im not as good as him!
cook2live 3 years ago
Wow I believe he is Playing a Gibson Mandolyn
Pricess
TL250Rider 3 years ago
WoW!
jstrunck 3 years ago
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bull.....thats ricky skaggs????? no sh*t!!
jacoboforlando 3 years ago
yeah.
TheBandit77TransAm 3 years ago
i think he must have been verey brave to go up in frount of bill monroe and ask to pick that song he had to be brave lol
tyty13428 3 years ago
I believe you mean Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.
jocwalk 3 years ago
no that is ricky skaggs, They performed in the little town, out somewhere, and ricky and his parents went to the school where they were playing and bill monroe pulled him up on stage and began pickin with earl scruggs and lester flatt, the reason that bill monroe isnt around is becaus he gave his mandolin to ricky, and he walked out of the screen since he didnt play nothin durin that song
airbusA5000 3 years ago
I'm aware that's Ricky Skaggs. Further, I can assure you that Bill Monroe wasn't around. This is a clip from the Martha White Show that featured Flatt & Scruggs. Lester Flatt had already had his major falling out with Monroe by this time. Also, that is NOT Monroe's mandolin. Monroe was famous for playing a Gibson F-5 (Lloyd Loar era) mandolin. Skaggs is playing at A model which I have never seen nor heard of Monroe ever playing on stage.
jocwalk 3 years ago
Another clue that Bill Monroe wasn't there was the presence of the dobro (played by "Uncle Josh" Graves.) Monroe was very vocal about how the dobro had no place in bluegrass music (which was pretty selective since the mandolin had only come into popularity shortly before Monroe was born.) Skaggs did play on stage with Monroe when he was six using Monroe's Gibson F-5 mandolin but that was at a Bill Monroe concert so you were partially right.
jocwalk 3 years ago
That is quite a story, 100% fiction, but still quite a story. The Flatt & Scruggs Show was on television for many years.
VA24541 3 years ago
i love the Flatt and Scruggs show
TheBandit77TransAm 3 years ago
I think the story went that the crowd kept calling out to Bill to let "Little Ricky Skaggs" play, and finally he did.
Still, Imagine you're six years old, and you're standing next to the biggest star of the day, and you're playing *his* mandolin on *his* stage.
It's a feat that Ricky even remembers the particulars of that day.
DirkTheDaring2 3 years ago 2
very cool! he looks much the same, LOL! this reminds me of a video of a 14 year old jimmy page in b&w - legends in the making.
tangerine1490 3 years ago
7 yrs old being backed by lester and earl, wowzers.
usbiker133t 3 years ago
Here's a good example of why it's good for people to start young on music! Now where are all the people who post disparaging comments on every unknown kid playing well on an instrument on YouTube? Aren't you all going to complain about how little Ricky's parents must have forced him to practice and how he couldn't have had a normal childhood? Come on, let's hear from you! ;)
ccoraxfan 3 years ago 2
Wow.... what a talent! Didn't know he started so young... he's one of my favorites
cyeoql 3 years ago