Bluegrass Legend Tony Rice Passed Away at Home On Christmas Day

Bluegrass Legend Tony Rice Passed Away at Home On Christmas Day..    / @myralamb-d5w   Ricky Skaggs mourns the loss of the 69-year-old guitar great by hailing him 'the single most influential acoustic guitar player in the last 50 years' in his Facebook tribute. Dec 28, 2020  AceShowbiz - Bluegrass legend Tony Rice has died, aged 69.   The guitar great died at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina on Christmas Day (December 25).   Superfan Ricky Skaggs was among the first people to pay tribute to the musician, calling Rice "the single most influential acoustic guitar player in the last 50 years".   "Sometime during Christmas morning while making his coffee, our dear friend and guitar hero Tony Rice passed from this life and made his swift journey to his heavenly home," Skaggs wrote on Facebook.   "Many if not all of the Bluegrass guitar players of today would say that they cut their teeth on Tony Rice's music. He loved hearing the next generation players play his licks. I think that's where he got most of his joy as a player."   A muscle disorder that destroyed ...