Jack Hicks
Musician · Louisa, Kentucky
Best known for
Bass
Jack Hicks is a Kentucky-born banjoist whose two-and-a-half-year tenure with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys (1971–1973), long Conway Twitty stretch, and seat with Buck White & the Down Home Folks made him one of Nashville's busiest cross-genre five-string players.
- Born August 1, 1952 in Louisa, Kentucky.
- Performed on the Grand Ole Opry by age 15.
- Played banjo for Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys from April 1971 through September 1973, replacing Rual Yarbrough.
- Initially a Scruggs-style picker who became one of Monroe's most chromatic melodic-style banjo players, influenced by Eddie Adcock.
- Joined Buck White & The Down Home Folks (the Whites) after leaving Monroe.
- Long Nashville session and side-musician career including Jim & Jesse, Lester Flatt, Wilma Lee Cooper's Clinch Mountain Clan, and Sonny James.
- Decade-long tenure backing Conway Twitty, contributing to multiple No. 1 country records.
- Played on "Bill Monroe and James Monroe: Father & Son" (MCA 310) and the first Bean Blossom album (MCA 2-8002).
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Lester Flatt and the Nashville GrassPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass
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Bill Monroe and James MonroePlayed on recordings with Bill Monroe and James Monroe
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Lester FlattPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt
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Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass BoysPlayed on recordings with Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys