Rob Ickes

Rob Ickes is a dobro (resonator guitar) player and a founding member of the contemporary bluegrass band "Blue Highway". In 2008, he was named Dobro Player of the Year for the tenth time by the International Bluegrass Music Association. He has released four solo albums on Rounder Records, and also performs and records with a "jamgrass acoustic power trio", Three Ring Circle (Earwave Records), with Andy Leftwich and Dave Pomeroy [http://www.threeringcircle.com] . He was the youngest dobro player on "The Great Dobro Sessions", produced by Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor, which won the 1994 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. He was also on the Alison Krauss & The Cox Family album, "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow", which won the 1994 Grammy for Best Southern Gospel.

Ickes is an active session player in Nashville, having recorded with a wide range of artists, including Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, David Lee Roth, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Steve Wariner, Marty Stuart, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Marty Raybon, Jeannie Kendall, Mila Mason, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ashley Monroe, Susan Ashton, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris, John Cowan, Harley Allen, The Cox Family, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. His recent work with Merle Haggard includes Haggard's 2007 release, "The Bluegrass Sessions" (McCoury Music). For more info, see [http://www.robickes.com/bio.cfm] .