Donald Glen Rigsby is an American mandolinist, fiddler, guitarist, vocalist, and producer in the bluegrass tradition.
20 Facts About Don Rigsby
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Don Rigsby is known for his solo career, and for his work with the Lonesome River Band and Longview.
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Don Rigsby befriended two of Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys: Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley.
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Don Rigsby learned guitar at age 12, then fiddle, dulcimer, and mandolin.
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In 1987, Don Rigsby joined Charlie Sizemore's bluegrass band and stayed for two years.
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When he graduated in 1990, Don Rigsby moved to Nashville and joined Vern Gosdin's road band.
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Don Rigsby joined the Lonesome River Band when Dan Tyminski left the band.
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Don Rigsby stayed for six years and appeared on three of their albums: One Step Forward, Finding The Way, and Talkin' To Myself.
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When John Duffey suddenly died, Don Rigsby filled in with the Seldom Scene.
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Don Rigsby's first solo album A Vision, released in 1999, was a collection of bluegrass gospel music.
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Don Rigsby received the 1999 Bluegrass Now Magazine Fans' Choice Award for Vocal Tenor of the Year, and the 2001 Governor's Kentucky Star Award.
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Don Rigsby recorded two albums with Dudley Connell in the Appalachian brother duet style: Meet Me By The Moonlight and Another Saturday Night.
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In 2010, Don Rigsby released Doctor's Orders: A Tribute to Ralph Stanley.
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In 2006, Don Rigsby released Hillbilly Heartache, his first album as the leader of his new band Midnight Call.
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In 2016, Don Rigsby formed Flashback, a band consisting of former members of The New South.
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In 2001 Don Rigsby accepted a director position at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University.
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Don Rigsby remastered a series of local radio shows hosted more than three decades ago by Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley to be released on Sugar Hill.
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In 2010, Don Rigsby left the program to pursue music full time.
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Don Rigsby produced the album 40 by Larry Sparks, which in 2005 was awarded Recorded Event of the Year and Album of the Year by the IBMA.
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Don Rigsby sang on Alan Jackson's The Bluegrass Album in 2013, and a tour with Jackson included an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman on CBS.