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His father, Roy Madison Huskey, Junior., known as "Junior" Huskey was also a notable bass player.
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Roy Milton Huskey
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Huskey began his career at the age of 16 backing up Delegate Wood on the Grand Ole Opry in 1971. His first job as a touring musician was with Roy Acuff as one of his Smoky Mountain Boys. Eventually his work spanned a range of music styles including bluegrass, country, folk, Cajun and folk-rock.
Huskey received a Grammy with Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers for their 1992 live album At the Ryman.
Huskey frequently performed dressed simply in a plaid shirt while smoking a cigar (often King Edward brand). He was often noted for his "rare musical intuitiveness" and late in life spoke of his ability to hear music in colors (see synesthesia).
Huskey died of lung cancer at Columbia Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee on September 6, 1997 at the age of 40. Country musician Marty Stuart told The Tennessean "Roy Huskey was a pure original state of the art, bona fide, textbook example of a bass-playing genius, truly irreplaceable."
Sam Bush recorded a tribute, "Song for Roy", with help from Jon Randall, Emmylou Harris, and Byron House.
The tribute appears on Bush"s 1998 album, Howlin" at the Moon.
Steve Earle recorded the song "Pilgrim" as a tribute to Huskey on his 1998 album The Mountain. The 1999 album Trio II by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton was dedicated to Royal Roy Milton Huskey was son to former bassist, Roy Madison Huskey, Junior., "Junior Huskey".
Another notable instrument Huskey inherited from his father was a Gibson 1920 Style-J mando bass.
The elder Huskey (confusingly nicknamed "Junior") owned two of the Style-J instruments and had given one to Roy Acuff. The other remained in the Roy Huskey, Junior. estate following his death and was on loan for a time to bass player Dave Pomeroy.
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