Ryan Holladay
Ryan Holladay is a bluegrass multi-instrumentalist from Camden, Tennessee, who plays banjo, guitar, mandolin, and Dobro. He made his first Grand Ole Opry appearance at age five, and by six he had recorded with Earl Scruggs, Tom T. Hall and the Del McCoury Band. He appeared as a child on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nickelodeon and PBS and opened for acts including Nickel Creek and Roy Clark. He co-hosted the IBMA's Bluegrass in the Schools video curriculum Discover Bluegrass with Sierra Hull in 2004. He signed with Ricky Skaggs' record label in 2005 and released New Kid in Town that April, with his father, Mark Holladay, on guitar and vocals, his uncle Mike Holladay on bass and vocals, and fiddler Tyler Andal. He toured Japan with the country group Trick Pony in 2005.
In the newsletter
- No. 24 Fall 2000