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Rob Ickes

  • Rob Ickes and Jerry Douglas talk 2022 ResoSummit Slide Fest

    September 21, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Dobro master Rob Ickes has run the annual ResoSummit in Nashville this past 13 years, with assistance from Betty Wheeler, which featured instruction and demonstration for students of the instrument. With Betty having retired from her association, Rob has entered

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  • New Josh Graves dobro course from Rob Ickes

    April 14, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Reso guitar master Rob Ickes has announced a second video course where he teaches classic Josh Graves solos from the days of Flatt & Scruggs at the Big Music Tent site. Unlike sites where you pay subscriptions to obtain their instructional

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  • Classic Solos of Josh Graves video from Rob Ickes

    June 1, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Attention reso slidesters! Here's a great opportunity to go deep inside and study some of the foundational solos that established the bluegrass dobro style through the music of Josh Graves. In his newest video course for Rob's Reso Room, master reso-guitarist

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  • Video Premiere: Copper Kettle from Tommy Emmanuel with Rob & Trey

    May 5, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Friday is the release day for Accomplice Series Vol. 1, the new EP from guitar wizard Tommy Emmanuel with Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley. It features these three virtuoso instrumentalists in a spontaneous, free wheeling recording, capturing them without careful

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  • Tommy Emmanuel plays Flatt Did It with Rob & Trey

    March 24, 2021 | by John Lawless

    CGP Sounds has announced a four-track EP from Tommy Emmanuel in May, featuring him recorded live in the studio with Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. Titled Accomplice Series Vol. 1, it finds these three virtuosic pickers trading licks and having

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  • Rob Ickes offers Blue Highway course at Rob’s Reso Room

    August 3, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Rob Ickes has announced a new course on the music of Blue Highway at Rob's Reso Room, his subscription-based instructional site sponsored by Big Tent Music. Though he performs these days as part of a duo act with guitarist/vocalist Trey Hensley,

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  • Rob Ickes shares Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    April 2, 2020 | by John Lawless

    We've probably all seen artist videos this past few weeks, designed to help lift the fog a bit while everyone is home avoiding the virus. Lots of entertainers are doing it, both to keep themselves in touch with their fan

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  • Blooper reel and teaser video from Rob Ickes and Josh Swift

    January 23, 2020 | by John Lawless

    When reso master Josh Swift announced his departure from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver a few weeks ago, he wasn't planning on retiring from the music business. In fact, part of the reason he left was to give him time to

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  • Rob Ickes offers online instruction at Rob’s Reso Room

    October 7, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Dobro master Rob Ickes is the first instructor on a new online teaching site from Big Music Tent. Rob's Reso Room went live just this morning, and Big Music Tent is offering two weeks of free access to the 15 hours

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  • Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley – Extracting the Blues from Bluegrass

    August 23, 2019 | by Lee Zimmerman

    It’s little wonder that Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley have become one of the most talked about duos on the current Grassicana scene. Ickes, a 15 time IBMA Dobro Player of the Year recipient, and Hensley, a 20 something guitar

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