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Ricky Skaggs is best known a successful Country music performer, but like many Country greats he actually got his start in the Bluegrass genre.
And like most of those Bluegrass-turned-Country stars, he first began making great music at a very young age.
I was checking out some videos on YouTube last night and stumbled across this gem featuring a 7 year old Ricky showing off his musical chops with none other than Bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.
You’ve no doubt seen this picture of Sammy Griner, the cute little toddler sporting the confident and determined look that has inspired thousands of Internet memes since the photo was taken in 2007.
Well, the story behind the photo is even more interesting than the memes themselves…
Have you ever wondered why Washington, DC was selected to serve as the capitol of the United States instead of some other city that’s located closer to the middle of the country?
Well, there’s a very good reason why the founders chose to designate an east coast city as the U.S. Capitol city…
I have always been fascinated by the special bonds that often form between kids and their pets.
Love is a powerful thing indeed, especially when innocent children and animals are involved.
And it’s a wonderful thing to witness.
If you’re a fan of Bluegrass Music you’re surely aware that most Bluegrass musicians play multiple instruments, and they play them all extremely well.
I’m always amazed at the mastery these talented men and women display while playing whatever stringed instrument they happen to have in their hands at the time.
But what amazes me most of all is the way some youngsters take to music like a fish takes to water.
Today’s inspiring video features a prime example: The Cotton Pickin Kids performing their own rendition of the Bluegrass classic “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”.