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Rickie Simpkins (10 Mar 1955 - )

Male Person -

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Dancing On The Fingerboard 1997
  2. Don't Fret It 2002
  3. Doin' Alright (Pickin' on Van Zant) (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 2006

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. The Virginia Squires (1983 - 1989) fiddle, mandolin

Siblings

  1. Ronnie Simpkins

Recordings by (37)

  1. Back to Dixie 3:03 (15 Mar 1997)
  2. Oh, What a Silent Night 2:58 (1997)
  3. Cattle in the Cane (Inst.) 2:57 (1997)
  4. Piney Wood Hills 5:20 (1997)
  5. Wacahota Station (Inst.) 5:07 (1997)
  6. He Rode All the Way to Texas 3:30 (1997)
  7. Temperance Reel (Inst.) 2:32 (1997)
  8. Papa Gene’s Blues 2:32 (1997)
  9. Maiden’s Prayer (Inst.) 4:05 (1997)
  10. Dusty Miller (Inst.) 3:16 (1997)
  11. Ashokan Farewell (Inst.) 4:50 (1997)
  12. Sally Goodin (Inst.) 6:51 (1997)
  13. Mountain High, Feelin' Low 2:34 (15 Mar 2002)
  14. Old Tree 5:28 (2002)
  15. Stoney Lonesome 3:06 (2002)
  16. My Heart Feels the Pain 2:33 (2002)
  17. Waltz for Reannon 4:41 (2002)
  18. When I Come Home 3:28 (2002)
  19. Golden Slippers 2:45 (2002)
  20. I'm Not a Miner 3:40 (2002)
  21. Chestnut Ridge 5:13 (2002)
  22. Mountain High Feelin' Low 2:35 (2002)
  23. Think About Life 2:36 (2002)
  24. Black Mountain Rag 2:26 (2002)
  25. Mountain High, Feeling Low 2:34 (2003)
  26. Takin' Up Space (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 2:24 (2006)
  27. Things I Miss the Most (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:49 (2006)
  28. Rage (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:43 (2006)
  29. Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:09 (2006)
  30. Alive (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:58 (2006)
  31. Right Side Up (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:38 (2006)
  32. I Can't Help Myself (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:50 (2006)
  33. Can't Say It Loud Enough (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:30 (2006)
  34. Imagination (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:37 (2006)
  35. Help Somebody (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 4:02 (2006)
  36. I'm a Want You Kinda Man (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 4:00 (2006)
  37. Friend (Feat: Wyatt Rice) 3:33 (2006)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Sally Goodwin 2:05 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  2. Bye Bye Love 2:16 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  3. Mule Skinner Blues 3:15 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  4. Breaking It Down 2:51 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  5. Blue Grass Boogie 2:55 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  6. The Traveler 3:11 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  7. Fox on the Run 2:37 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  8. Cool Grass 2:55 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  9. Little Georgia Rose 2:45 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  10. Redwood Hill 2:32 B.G. Express (1974) guest, fiddle
  11. Longing for the Southland 2:19 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin
  12. You Better Be Prepared 3:24 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin
  13. Hooked on a Feeling 2:55 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin
  14. Waiting for You 2:29 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin
  15. Why Baby Why 3:06 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin
  16. Hard Times in Kentucky 3:01 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin
  17. Oh Mama Please Don’t Cry 3:17 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin, guitar
  18. Maquoketa 4:34 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, guitar
  19. War Between the Hearts 4:28 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle
  20. Honey Babe of Mine 2:10 The Virginia Squires (1986) fiddle, mandolin
  21. Winter Conversation 3:47 Larry Rice (1987) fiddle
  22. Take My Ring from Your Finger 2:34 Larry Rice (1987) fiddle
  23. Plastic People Town 3:02 Larry Rice (1987) fiddle
  24. Spring Fever 3:08 Larry Rice (1987) fiddle
  25. Carolina Sweetheart 2:40 Larry Rice (1987) fiddle
  26. Late Night Cry of the Whippoorwill 3:17 The Virginia Squires (1988) fiddle
  27. I Know What It Means to Be Lonely ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) fiddle
  28. Dim Lights and Thick Smoke ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) fiddle
  29. How Great Thou Art ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) fiddle
  30. Denver 3:39 The Virginia Squires (1988) fiddle, mandolin, violin
  31. Flint Hill Special ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) fiddle
  32. My Walking Shoes Don't Fit Me Anymore ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) fiddle
  33. Rose of Old Kentucky ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) fiddle

Vocals

  1. Oh Mama Please Don’t Cry 3:17 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  2. War Between the Hearts 4:28 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  3. Waiting for You 2:29 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  4. Hard Times in Kentucky 3:01 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  5. Hooked on a Feeling 2:55 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  6. Why Baby Why 3:06 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  7. Honey Babe of Mine 2:10 The Virginia Squires (1986) baritone vocals
  8. You Better Be Prepared 3:24 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  9. Longing for the Southland 2:19 The Virginia Squires (1986) lead vocals
  10. Rose of Old Kentucky ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) background vocals
  11. Molly and Tenbrooks ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) background vocals
  12. In the Morning 2:53 The Virginia Squires (1988) other vocals
  13. Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) background vocals
  14. Live and Let Live ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) background vocals
  15. Dark Hollow ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) background vocals
  16. The Girl I Left in Tennessee ?:?? Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton (1988) background vocals
  17. Late Night Cry of the Whippoorwill 3:17 The Virginia Squires (1988) other vocals

Credited as (10)

  1. Jeff Autry, Mike Anglin, Wayne Benson, Rob Ickes, Rickie Simpkins & Scott Vestal
  2. Scott Vestal, Mike Anglin, Jeff Autry, Wayne Benson, Rob Ickes & Rickie Simpkins
  3. Jeff Autry, Wayne Benson, Aubrey Haynie, Rob Ickes, Mark Schatz, Rickie Simpkins & Scott Vestal
  4. Mike Anglin, Jeff Autry, Wayne Benson, Rob Ickes, Rickie Simpkins & Scott Vestal
  5. Rickie Simpkins
  6. Rickie Simpkins & Wyatt Rice
  7. Scott Vestal, Jeff Autry, Wayne Benson, Rickie Simpkins & Pasi Leppikangas
  8. Scott Vestal, Jim Hurst, Rickie Simpkins & Wayne Benson
  9. Scott Vestal, Don Jones, Rickie Simpkins & Pasi Leppikangas
  10. The Horse Flies, Jim Roberts, Nery Arevalo, Chad Crumm, Rickie Simpkins and Nancy Sluys

Works (1)

Wrote

  1. God Has a Place

Links (5)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95032643

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2363866
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/3387017

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/73099459

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41187796