“Mandolin and Memory”: Ricky Skaggs Honors Ozzy in an Unexpected Farewell.Nobody saw it coming — not the country crowd, not the rock fans, and certainly not those who still think genres don’t cross hearts. But there he stood: Ricky Skaggs, mandolin cradled against his chest like an old prayer book, facing a giant black-and-white portrait of Ozzy Osbourne.
Nobody expected that name to be called. In a room filled with rock royalty, leather jackets, and decades of decibels,…