When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He ...

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “The Earl Scruggs Music Festival is very special to me and I’m honored to have a part in it,” says JT Scruggs. “I ...

Earl Scruggs Music Festival will return to Mill Spring, N.C., for its fourth annual event on August 29-31. Continuing tradition, the occasion will take place at Tryon International Equestrian Center.

What would have been Earl Scruggs’ 100th birthday is this Saturday (January 6). A star-studded lineup of country and bluegrass musicians will gather to celebrate a man who helped change the way ...

There’s an amazing video on Youtube, uploaded nearly ten years ago now. It has 6.5 million views and more than 2,400 comments, most of them expressing appreciation. It also has more than 27,000 likes ...

The musician pioneered a style and left an unending legacy. In this photo, Earl Scruggs (center), is flanked by sons Gary (left) and Randy as they pose at the 2005 Nashville Chapter Recording Academy ...

“Few players have changed the way we hear an instrument the way Earl has, putting him in a category with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins and Jimi Hendrix.” Those words, penned by actor, ...

The deal also includes the majority of the song catalog of his son, Grammy winner Gary Scruggs. By Melinda Newman Building on an association that has spanned more than 75 years, peermusic has acquired ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Bluegrass banjo musician Earl Scruggs was honored with a Google Doodle ...

Jan. 11 (UPI) --Google is paying homage to renowned musician and banjo player Earl Scruggs with a new Doodle. Scruggs was born in 1924 in North Carolina where he grew up on a farm. He joined Bill ...

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