Who Bobby Hicks What Bobby Hicks Obituary When August 16, 2024 Where Newton, NC   Bobby Hicks, 91, of Marshall, North Carolina passed away peacefully on Friday, August 16, 2024. Hicks was born in Newton, North Carolina on July 21, 1933 and was the son of the late Roy and Buenah Hicks. He learned to play the fiddle before he was 9 years old and attended several fiddlers conventions and at the age of eleven, he won the "North Carolina State Championship" playing the tune "Black Mountain Rag". In the early 1950's, he joined Jim Eanes band. In 1953, he was hired as a bass player in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. He did not record with the Bluegrass Boys until December 31, 1954, by then he had switched to fiddle. During this period, he learned to play "Nashville swing" by the session fiddler Dale Potter, a style Hicks often used when playing with Bill Monroe on the road. Monroe dubbed Hicks "the truest fiddler he had ever heard". He recorded seven tunes with Monroe but left in 1956 to join the army. In 1958, after his discharge, he rejoined the Bluegrass Boys, recording ten more songs. He left in 1959 to join Porter Wagoner. Later in 1963, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and became a fixture on the Judy Lynn Show for the next seven years. In 1981, he joined Ricky Skaggs, a stint that would last for 22 years. During the 1980's, he would frequently perform with Bill Monroe on stage and on records. In 2002, he was inducted into the "Fiddlers Hall of Fame;" he played at the Grand Ole Opry many years and in 2004 celebrated the 50th anniversary of his first appearance; and was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2017. Hicks is also a 10-time Grammy winner. Surviving are his loving wife of 21 years, Catherine B. Hicks; children, Rick Sutton, Tammie Hobby and her spouse, Jay, Tim Lindsay and his spouse, Connie, Melissa Holland and her spouse, Andy, and Joey Hicks and his spouse, Wendy Waites; ten grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and his fur babies, Isaac, Jasper, and Patch. A private memorial service will be held, and in October of this year he will be inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. (Note: Some news media sites require user registration to read articles and/or to send you 'targeted' email from advertisers.)   Contact Legacy Legacy