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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Bluegrass Music News--3.30.12

 
Earl Scruggs shaped bluegrass music and more
Ocala
(AP Photo) By Chris Talbott AP Entertainment Writer It may be impossible to overstate the importance of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly ...
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Video: A Bluegrass Tribute to Earl Scruggs
New York Times (blog)
By SEAN PATRICK FARRELL The death of Earl Scruggs, the virtuoso banjo player, in Nashville on Wednesday was mourned throughout the tight-knit bluegrass music world. Fellow musicians, many of whom had grown up listening to him or were lucky enough to ...
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Cleveland County reacts to Earl Scruggs' death
Shelby Star
Have any photos of the bluegrass legend? Email them to Online Editor Graham Cawthon at gcawthon@shelbystar.com. Please provide your name so we can give credit. SHELBY -- Earl Scruggs' bluegrass music propelled him to international stardom.
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Banjo players, aspiring and expert, mourn Earl Scruggs
CNN International
Beyond his many recordings and appearances, the bluegrass music legend, who died Wednesday at 88, left an instructional book considered a must-read for novice banjo players. "Earl Scruggs and the Five-String Banjo," first published in 1968, ...
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Banjo legend Scruggs defined bluegrass
Sacramento Bee
Award-winning banjo man Jim Mills spoke for acoustic-music fans everywhere when he lauded Scruggs as the man most responsible for the creation of the blues-tinged, quicksilver bluegrass style. "His contribution to bluegrass music cannot be overstated," ...
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Steve Martin Q&A: On Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass & Comedy
Billboard
Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill will be the featured artist in this year's Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival in western Kentucky. The influential musician made his mark on the instrument with his distinctive three-finger style.
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Earl Scruggs (1924 – 2012) - MOG Music Network
By VVN Music
Originally, he played using two fingers but, by the age of ten, he had evolved to a three-finger style that would eventually revolutionize bluegrass music and become known as "Scruggs Style Picking." Scruggs started his professional career in ...
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