Sunday, April 1, 2012

Earl Scruggs bluegrass and banjo legend dies at 88 Brad Paisley Country Stars Pay Tribute To Bluegrass age Remembering Black Gold Texas Tea Dead Exalted the Banjo R.I.P. Pioneer Great At Dies Editorial | A maestro in Nashville Comment on innovator pioneer Tenn. music Deaths elsewhere icon poet Adrienne Rich

Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who teamed helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88. Earl Scruggs Dead at 88 Recap Earl Scruggs passed away on Wednesday (March 28) at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee Video: A farewell to Earl Scruggs Musician Earl Scruggs, who died in Nashville on Wednesday at the age of 88, boosted the banjo to the top rank of instruments. Scruggs won four Grammy Awards and earned lasting fame with his "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and the theme song of CBS' "The Beverly Hillbillies." Scruggs funeral at Ryman Auditorium Nashville 's Ryman Auditorium: the place where 21-year-old Earl Scruggs became a national banjo sensation in 1945. Public paying last respects to Earl Scruggs Mourners have gathered in Nashville to pay last respects to bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs. Earl Scruggs: The 2003 Fresh Air Interview Banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped shape the sound of American bluegrass music, died Wednesday. He was 88 years old. Fresh Air remembers Scruggs with excerpts from an interview. Earl Scruggs laid a foundation for others to build on, Marty Stuart says Stuart noted how many younger musicians took what Scruggs developed as the bedrock of bluegrass music banjo playing and ran with it. Stuart noted how many younger musicians took what Scruggs developed as the bedrock of bluegrass music banjo playing and ran with it. Earl Scruggs was a bluegrass music legend Earl Scruggs performs at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., in 2005. For better or worse, Earl Scruggs will be remembered by most Americans for his banjo picking alongside partner Lester Flatt in a dated 1960s cultural artifact: "The Beverly Hillbillies." Earl Scruggs, bluegrass legend, dies at age 88 He'll be remembered for pioneering the modern banjo sound Editorial Notebook: Earl Scruggs was part of my musical family Growing up in the Washington, D.C., area in the 1960s and 1970s, I listened to WAMU (88.5 FM) bluegrass programming with Katy Daley, attended the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall with a good dose of Appalachian music, and listened to my little brother, Frederick Lopez III, play banjo.
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