Earl Scruggs, banjo picker
One of the great of bluegrass music died Wednesday in Nashville. Earl Scruggs was 88 and had a music career that spanned some 84 years. He invented a style of playing the banjo, helped popularize bluegrass to a larger audience and expanded the limits of what bluegrass is.
Why Earl Scruggs was the Beethoven of the banjoI spent a couple of months last year studying bluegrass in North Carolina, and I learned that there are is one tune you never ask a banjo...
Earl Scruggs, the most important banjo player who ever lived, has passed on. tiny.cc/c4mwbw
What a interesting life! @Stevemartin tiny.cc/c4mwbw this guy tied it all together and made it more efficient. http://pic.twitter.com/fxz0P2yI
@kd_sissboombang Earl Scruggs sadly passed but BBC Radio 2 did a great tribute show tonight to his badass banjo playing bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01…
Remembering Earl Scruggs | Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com21 hours ago ... It's hard to overstate the role of Earl Scruggs in the development of an entire musical genre we today call bluegr...
Culture Desk: The Master from Flint Hill: Earl ScruggsSome nights he had the stars of North Carolina shooting from his fingertips. Before him, no one had ever played the banjo like he did. Af...
Earl Scruggs dies at 88; banjo legend was half of Flatt & ScruggsEarl Scruggs, center, and Lester Flatt, right, perform on television in 1950. (GAB Archives / Redferns / December 31, 1969) By Randy Lewi...
Banjo Man: Remembering Earl ScruggsEarl Scruggs played the banjo, and did he ever. Scruggs, who passed away yesterday at the age of 88, revolutionized the way that the banj...
Earl Scruggs remembered by Nashville musicians, music industryLoretta Lynn (@The_LorettaLynn) : "My love and prayers go out to the Scruggs family .. Earl was in my book the best banjo picker in ...
RT @antonnewcombe: have a good trip home earl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA6jWj0bTi8 & nytimes.com/2012/03/29/art… #earlscruggs #legend #rip http://pic.twitter.com/ia5bo1UB
Earl Scruggs, Country Music Hall of Famer and bluegrass innovator, dies at age 88Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs, a singular talent of collective impact, died Wednesday morning at a Nashville hospital. He was ...
Kristin Scott Benson on Earl Scruggs : Bluegrass Today15 hours ago ... This remembrance of Earl Scruggs comes from Kristin Scott Benson, banjo player with The Grascals, and a multiple winne...
Mac Wiseman remembers Earl Scruggs : Bluegrass Today22 hours ago ... Over the next few days, we will share remembrances of Earl Scruggs from his peers, and the many banjo players whose li...
