During his successful yet brief career as a solo performer, American
singer-songwriter Keith Whitley (July 1, 1954) managed to score an impressive
slew of Number 1 hit singles that dominated the country airwaves before his
untimely death in 1989. Born in Ashland but raised in Sandy Hook, the Kentucky
native was just 8 when picked up the guitar and by the time he was a teenager,
he was already playing in a bluegrass band named The Lonesome Mountain Boys with
high school friend Ricky Skaggs. The group caught the attention of legendary
bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley, who invited W...