RIP Earl Scruggs

[Bob In Fla.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1dnpuPnqUs&feature=related

Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs, a singular talent of collective import, died Wednesday morning at a Nashville hospital. He was 88.

A quietly affable presence, Scruggs popularized a complex, three-fingered style of playing banjo that transformed the instrument, inspired nearly every banjo player who followed him and became a central element in what is now known as bluegrass music.

But Scruggs' legacy is in no way limited to or defined by bluegrass, a genre that he and partner Lester Flatt dominated as Flatt and Scruggs in the 1950s and '60s: His adaptability and open-minded approach to musicality and to collaboration made him a bridge between genres and generations.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people...cruggs-banjo-legend-bluegrass-dies/53841194/1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgLSowrU ... re=related

BOB

 

[Captain Morgan]

I'm a huge bluegrass fan, and he was one of the founding fathers. From Shelby, North Carolina.

 

[bigwheel]

One of my favorites. Sorry to hear of his passing. Praying for his family and friends.