SATURDAY, MAY 20
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
$65 / $50 / $35
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at Struthers Library Theatre in Warren, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 8:00 pm. With hit singles such as “Crying My Heart Out Over You,” “I Don’t Care,” and “HeartBroke,” Ricky Skaggs has won 15 Grammy Awards, 8 CMA Awards, 9 ACM Awards, 13 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards, 9 ICM Awards, 2 Dove Awards, 3 honorary Doctorate degrees and countless other awards. Ricky Skaggs’ career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history.
Ricky was born on July 18, 1954 in Cordell, Kentucky, and struck his first chords on a mandolin over 60 years ago, and he continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. In the past decade, he has been honored with inductions into the Gospel Music Association’s Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Musicians Hall of Fame. In 2018, Skaggs was awarded membership into the National Fiddler Hall of Fame, the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and country music’s greatest honor, the Country Music Hall of Fame. Most recently, he was awarded the prestigious National Medal of Arts in 2020. Ricky Skaggs is always forging ahead with cross-cultural, genre-bending musical ideas and inspirations. With special guest the Megan McGarry Trio. Presented by Kwik Fill Red Apple and Country Fair.
MEGAN McGARRY TRIO
Americana songstress and multi-instrumentalist, Megan McGarry, is joined by her dad, Chris McGarry, on mandolin and Marc Prave on the upright bass. Combining the rich sounds of clawhammer banjo, fiddle, mandolin, mandola, guitar and upright bass, the trio will present a blend of homegrown Appalachian music homegrown in Central Pennsylvania. They play a mix of old-time tunes, bluegrass standards, and original songs that represent a sound from days of old.