emelius Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120328/us-obit-earl-scruggs/ 88 years...
emelius Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Posted March 29, 2012 http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/01/steve-martin-earl-scruggs.html?mobify=0&intcid=full-site-mobile nice piece by Steve Martin...
guzziguy Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt playing on the Beverly Hillbillies was my introduction to the world of Bluegrass. Thanks guys and godspeed Earl.
Aimless1 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 Flatt & Scruggs introduced me to bluegrass back in the 70s. Good stuff. RIP Earl.
grawk Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 the music of my youth, *cheers* to mr scruggs.
HeadphoneAddict Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 Sad day, he'll be missed. I was just watching him jam with Steve Martin on youtube a few days ago.
skullguise Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 Scruggs was my intro to Bluegrass as well, RIP.....
acidbasement Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 Sad news indeed. I'm going to crank up the bluegrass today in tribute to his influence.
agile_one Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 RIP, Earl. Thanks for all the pickin'. You and Mr Flatt were the best.
blessingx Posted March 29, 2012 Report Posted March 29, 2012 "Rather than speak out about the connections between folk and country in the war-torn, politically contentious ‘60s, he simply showed up at folk festivals and played, at least when he and Flatt weren’t at the Grand Ole Opry. During the long-hair/ short-hair skirmishes of the ‘60s and ‘70s, he simply showed up and played, with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and The Byrds. And when staunch fans of bluegrass – a genre that would not exist in a recognizable form without Mr. Scruggs’ banjo – railed against stylistic experimentation, Mr. Scruggs happily jammed away with sax player King Curtis, sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, piano man Elton John and anyone else whose music he fancied. 'He was the man who melted walls, and he did it without saying three words,' said his friend and acolyte, Marty Stuart in 2000." Earl Scruggs, 1924-2012 | The Awl http://ow.ly/1JtC0H
acidbasement Posted March 30, 2012 Report Posted March 30, 2012 "Rather than speak out about the connections between folk and country in the war-torn, politically contentious ‘60s, he simply showed up at folk festivals and played, at least when he and Flatt weren’t at the Grand Ole Opry. During the long-hair/ short-hair skirmishes of the ‘60s and ‘70s, he simply showed up and played, with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and The Byrds. And when staunch fans of bluegrass – a genre that would not exist in a recognizable form without Mr. Scruggs’ banjo – railed against stylistic experimentation, Mr. Scruggs happily jammed away with sax player King Curtis, sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, piano man Elton John and anyone else whose music he fancied. 'He was the man who melted walls, and he did it without saying three words,' said his friend and acolyte, Marty Stuart in 2000." Earl Scruggs, 1924-2012 | The Awl http://ow.ly/1JtC0H That is lovely.
Voltron Posted March 30, 2012 Report Posted March 30, 2012 This is sad news. We watched him every year at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, which also lost its founder and funder this year. I hope Earl and Lester and Warren are pickin' and grinnin' together right now.
ironbut Posted April 10, 2012 Report Posted April 10, 2012 Wow,.. bummer! Almost makes me wish I hadn't stopped by here today!
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