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Ricky Skaggs is 71, but the country music icon is not exactly slowing down.<\/p>\n
In fact, Skaggs is preparing to head back out on tour, although he shared with fans recently that things won\u2019t be the same for him out on the road this time around. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s because Skaggs will hit the road without a longtime band member.<\/p>\n
\u201cRicky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder will be hitting the road next week in the Northeast, with stops in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey!\u201d <\/b>he wrote.<\/b><\/a> \u201cYou will be able to see new band members in Kentucky Thunder\u2019s configuration, including Justus Ross as the lead guitarist and our newest member, Troy Engle, who is now playing in beloved former band member Dennis Paker\u2019s place. Dennis is moving on to other opportunities where he feels led, and although he is missed, we wish him all the best!\u201d<\/p>\n Central Pa. fans of the legendary singer will have a chance to see him in Lancaster on Aug. 29 at the American Music Theatre. <\/p>\n According to Parade, Parker has been a member of the Kentucky Thunder band since 1997. The site said Parker plays rhythm guitar, mandolin and fiddle and also provides baritone vocals. <\/p>\n Parker has previously praised Skaggs.<\/p>\n \u201cHe only gets better,\u201d Parker said in 2019. \u201cSince the time I have been with him, he\u2019s grown. Ricky is one of those guys who is multifaceted. He\u2019s not only a great instrumentalist; he\u2019s also an unbelievable arranger and he\u2019s a great band leader.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got a cool presence about him because he knows what he wants and he knows what he likes,\u201d he added. \u201cHe listens for everything and expects it to be there, but he\u2019s not in any way not nice to you. He\u2019s the total package and there ain\u2019t many of them around like that.\u201d<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ricky Skaggs is 71, but the country music icon is not exactly slowing down. In fact, Skaggs is preparing to head back out on tour, although he shared with fans recently that things won\u2019t be the same for him out on the road this time around. That\u2019s because Skaggs will hit the road without a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}