Last updated: Saturday, March 15, 2008
SKAGGS RECEIVES MUSIC HONOUR
American country star RICKY SKAGGS is "elated" after hearing he will receive an honorary doctorate from a top Boston, Massachusetts music college.
The Country Boy singer will be honoured by Berklee College of Music on Tuesday (18Mar08) during a performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee - putting the 53-year-old in the company of luminaries such as Duke Ellington, Sting, B.B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Loretta Lynn and Paul Simon.
He says, "I was elated. It's a really, really amazing honour because many great musicians have come out of Berklee."
Source: WENN
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