Rob Ickes

Rob Ickes
Performing with Blue Highway. June 21, 2010
Performing with Blue Highway.
June 21, 2010
Background information
Born1967 (1967) (age 57)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
GenresBluegrass, country, jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, instructor
InstrumentResonator guitar
Years active1992–present
Websitewww.robickes.com

Rob Ickes (/ks/; born 1967) is an American dobro (resonator guitar) player in San Francisco, California. Ickes moved to Nashville in 1992 and joined the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway as a founding member in 1994.[1] He currently collaborates with guitarist Trey Hensley, with whom he has released three albums. Ickes has been nominated for numerous Grammy Awards, winning two in 1994 for bluegrass and gospel albums he contributed to. He has also won twenty three International Bluegrass Music Awards, including winning Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year fifteen times.

  1. ^ Blue Highway. "Blue Highway". Bluehighwayband.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.