Huskey performed alongside musicians such as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, George Jones, Steve Earle, Doc Watson and many others.

[1] Eventually his work spanned a range of music styles including bluegrass, country, folk, Cajun and folk-rock.

[1] Huskey frequently performed dressed simply in a plaid shirt while smoking a cigar (often King Edward brand).

[1] Huskey died of lung cancer at Columbia Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 6, 1997, at the age of 40.

Country musician Marty Stuart told The Tennessean "Roy Huskey was a pure original state of the art, bona fide, textbook example of a bass-playing genius, truly irreplaceable.