TASTE OF COUNTRY– Ricky Skaggs shared sad news with his followers on social media on Monday (Jan. 13). Buck White, founder of the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass trio the Whites, has died.
Buck White joined daughters Sharon and Cheryl White to form the Whites when the girls were young. Sharon would later marry Skaggs, who would frequently collaborate with the family patriarch for live shows or recordings.
As a group, they notched several Top 10 and Top 20 singles on the country airplay charts in the 1980s.
“You Put the Blue in Me,” “Hangin’ Around” and “I Wonder Who’s Holding My Baby Tonight” from the Old Familiar Feeling album were first, but they maintained a presence on country radio until the turn of the decade.
The group would become celebrated bluegrass artists through the turn of the century and were part of the Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou? album in 2001 …
“The Lord answered our prayers and took our daddy, Buck White, home peacefully this morning. We are so thankful for his 94 years on this earth. He was a great dad who taught us by example to put Jesus first always.”
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