Rickie Simpkins
Rickie Hal Simpkins (born March 10, 1955) is an American fiddler and mandolinist from Montgomery County, Virginia, who played fiddle from age six and performed with Flatt & Scruggs at nine. He played with the McPeak Brothers and the Virginia Squires, then spent many years in the Tony Rice Unit. Later he worked with the Lonesome River Band, the Isaacs, the Gaithers, and Emmylou Harris's Red Dirt Boys. He has released solo albums including Dancing on the Fingerboard and was inducted into the Virginia Folk Music Hall of Fame in 2008 with his brother, bassist Ronnie Simpkins.