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Bluegrass legend earl scruggs passes away at 88
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Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs passed away last Wednesday at the age of 88.


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The Legendary and Talented Earl Scruggs
Posted in: String by Lisa Marie Mottert on March 29th, 2012

Remembering the Remarkably Skilled Banjo Player and Musician..Earl Scruggs.
The Legendary and Talented Earl Scruggs
Fingers dancing swiftly strumming his banjo, you knew the distinct and distinguished sound of Earl Scruggs. Mr. Scruggs magnificently played the 5-string banjo. The flavors of his musical talents, Country and Bluegrass genres.
Born Earl Eugene Scruggs, January 6, 1924, in Shelby, North Carolina, Mr. Scruggs effectively help change Country music with his unique style, in collaboration with Mr. Bill Monroe (Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys) in the 1940s. Mr. Scruggs also notably played alongside songwriter/guitarist, Lester Flatt. The two gifted musicians were known as Flatt and Scruggs.
The phenominal bluegrass pioneer, known for his talented three-finger banjo styles and for “The Ballad of Jed Clampett,” from the 1960s TV show, The Beverly Hillbillies, which was notably a Country music hit, released (October 12, 1962), died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, from natural causes at the age of 88 in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital.
Earl Scruggs will be profoundly missed, but his masterly-brilliant banjo playing and music, will flow and echo within the hearts of many for years to come.
Article: The Legendary and Talented Earl Scruggs
Written by Lisa Marie Mottert
©Lisa Marie Mottert-2012
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was going to post this then, but that was the day the site was down then forgot about it
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me also..that's why it's a late announcement MH !
Music Head Wrote:was going to post this then, but that was the day the site was down then forgot about it
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Dueling Banjo's was one of his songs wasnt it?...well, maybe not his, but im sure ive heard him do it on the radio.
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No doubt you did, CH ! he probably played it without looking at the banjo strings !!!!
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:Dueling Banjo's was one of his songs wasnt it?...well, maybe not his, but im sure ive heard him do it on the radio.
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