Person · Male
Rob Ickes
- From
- San Francisco, United States
- Since
- 1967–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 15
About
Rob Ickes (; born May 26, 1967) is an American dobro (resonator guitar) player from San Francisco, California. Ickes moved to Nashville in 1992 and joined the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway as a founding member in 1994. He currently collaborates with guitarist Trey Hensley, with whom he has released four albums. Ickes has been nominated for numerous Grammy Awards, winning two in 1994 for bluegrass and gospel albums he contributed to, and another in 2025 for a collaborative album with Taj Mahal. He has also won thirty nine International Bluegrass Music Awards, including winning Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year fifteen times.
Member of
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Blue Highway resonator guitar
Discography
Albums
Compilations
Links
Also known as
Rob Ikes · Robert Thomas Ickes
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7b324f8c-70ae-4b7e-9c07-6ccf3eeb954c
- IPI
- 00180285963
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.