Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life.

D. com Readers Poll: We Are Family; Jeff & Sheri Easter The Lewis Family & The Easter Brothers (artists); Jeff & Sheri Easter (producers); Daywind Records


Other Awards and Accomplishments
R&R Best New Artist
Billboard magazine's Artist of the Year
Musician Magazine- Voted One of the Top 100 Guitarists of the Century
Artist of the Decade- Listeners' Poll Award BBC Radio 2
CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music rank No. He primarily plays mandolin; however he also plays fiddle guitar mandocaster and banjo.

Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs (born July 18 1954) is a country and bluegrass singer musician producer and composer.