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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on March 28, 2012 at 2:46pm

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Permalink Reply by turtlehead on March 28, 2012 at 4:05pm

Damn.  A true innovator. 

Steve Martin's article from the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/01/steve-martin-...

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 28, 2012 at 7:50pm

Double damn! Like perhaps many of you who were kids in the Sixties, I first heard the banjo on the intro song to the TV show, "The Beverly Hillbillies." I still have a secret love for the instrument, but can never bring myself to buy one. Maybe this will be the year. RIP, Earl.

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Permalink Reply by Mark on March 28, 2012 at 11:37pm

A sad loss indeed.

In the words of Steve Martin: "A grand part of American music owes a debt to Earl Scruggs. 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."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17546219

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Permalink Reply by Vinylhed on March 28, 2012 at 11:39pm

That's sad news. 

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Permalink Reply by Chris Tinker on March 29, 2012 at 1:42am

I think some flailing in homage is in order...

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on March 30, 2012 at 1:40pm

Was lucky enough to promote a Flatt and Scruggs concert my first year out of college in 1972.  Lost my butt, but they were true professionals and played an amazing program to a 1/4 sold out auditorium.  The best are good all the time....

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