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Rob Ickes

Rob Ickes (born May 26, 1967) is an American dobro player, session musician, and instructor. Raised in San Francisco, California, he relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1992 and and was a founding member of Blue Highway in 1994. He recorded and toured with the group for twenty-one years before forming a duo with guitarist Trey Hensley in 2015. He’s won three Grammy Awards and is the most decorated instrumentalist in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association, having been named Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year fifteen times.

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