Doyle Dykes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Doyle Dykes
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1954(1954-05-23)
Age	70
Birthplace	Jacksonville
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Gemini

Doyle Dykes Biography

Doyle Dykes is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on May 23, 1954 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Guitar country musician who has covered many hit songs like “Amazing Grace” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

He is greatly influenced by guitar legend Chet Atkins.

Dykes was born in Cleveland, Tennessee and grew up in Jacksonville, Florida in a Christian community. His father is referred to as “Bubba Dykes” and he has a brother named Aubrey. He cites June 1965 during his church’s “summer revival” as the moment he became a lifelong Christian as an 11-year-old boy, seeing “the lights of salvation and a new purpose and desire for my life and since that day, I’ve never been the same”. His first guitar was a $30 Sears Roebuck Silvertone acoustic. Dykes claims a sailor named Barry Lackey was the most important influence in his development as a guitarist. Lackey attended his church one day, and using a thumbpick from his pocket, “completely blew him away” with his “spider picking”, playing just like Chet Atkins and Merle Travis, Doyle’s heroes. Lackey was then invited to his home for supper that night and showed him a right-hand picking pattern that “got his fingers working together in the right way, where the thumb played the bass and after- beat rhythm, and the three fingers took care of the rest.” He later reunited with Lackey at a Taylor Guitars event in Detroit in 2002, and claims that were it not for him, he would never have become a successful guitarist.

On December 23, 2004, Dykes had an operation on a brain tumor in which the surgeon compressed his brain. The operation left him with a temporary loss of balance (meaning he had to learn to walk again) and suffered from extreme headaches and nausea for several years afterwards and ultimately left him deaf in his right ear. He and his wife, Rita, a high school sweetheart, have been married for at least 37 years and have four children, including daughters named Holly, Heidi and Hayley and a son named Caleb, also an accomplished guitarist. He has resided for many years in the Nashville area and is a close friend of Duane Eddy. Dykes is an avid collector of old Western movies, including the films of John Wayne, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Steve McQueen. In 2011 he released a book The Lights of Marfa, a semi-autobiographical book documenting his encounters with God, with numerous Christian references to events in his own life.

His father is affectionately referred to as Bubba.

Doyle Dykes Net Worth

Doyle Dykes is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Doyle Dykes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He grew up in a devout Christian household.

He endorses the Taylor Guitar Company.

Doyle Dykes (born May 23, 1954) is an American country acoustic guitarist from Jacksonville, Florida. He is influenced by a wide variety of musical styles and musicians such as Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Duane Eddy, to the Beatles and U2. Cited along with guitarists such as Tommy Emmanuel as one of the best fingerstyle guitarists in the world, he is also known for his capability of playing proficiently with a wide range of different guitar tunings. Some of his best-known works and interpretations are “Wabash Cannonball”, “Country Fried Pickin'”, “U2 Medley”, “Be Still”, “Amazing Grace” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Dykes is a devout Christian and has served as a minister in a small church in Florida; the influence of Christianity is present in much of his work. He was a major endorser of Taylor Guitars and Rivera Sedona amplifiers, with his own signature models of each. In 2013 he began endorsing the Guild Guitar Company. Since 2015 he has touted his custom steel-fret Olson guitar as his “favorite guitar.”

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Who is Doyle Dykes Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Doyle Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Doyle Dykes celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

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Is Doyle Dykes a member of the Grand Ole Opry?

Doyle has since returned to the Grand Ole Opry for numerous performances, many appearing live on national television.