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Earl Scruggs, bluegrass legend, dies at age 88
Pop & HissEarl Scruggs: Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs has died at 88.... -
Earl Scruggs: Remembering a bluegrass and American music legend
Pop & HissRemembering bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs, who died on Wednesday at age 88. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts explores the legendary American musician's influence.... -
Earl Scruggs laid a foundation for others to build on, Marty Stuart says
Pop & HissEarl Scruggs created a foundation for progressive musicians to build on. Bela Fleck is an example of one who took the banjo to new heights because of what Earl Scruggs created before him.... -
'The Beverly Hillbillies' and other great storytelling TV themes
Show Tracker"The Beverly Hillbillies" theme song featured great banjo playing by Earl Scruggs. It also nicely set up the world of "The Beverly Hillbillies." But it isn't the only TV series to tell a tale in its opening moments.... -
"A joyous time with the music"
Earl Scruggs died last week and though not a Kentucky boy, his banjo playing was so elemental to what we now know as bluegrass that it defines our indigenous music. There is much more that defined the man, but most important is the hard picking banjo...
Tags: Earl Scruggs, Arts and Culture, The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program), Music Industry, Respiratory Disease
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