emelius Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120328/us-obit-earl-scruggs/ 88 years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelius Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 R.I.P. Earl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absorbine_Sr Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 RIP Mr. Scruggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimless1 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Flatt & Scruggs introduced me to bluegrass back in the 70s. Good stuff. RIP Earl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 He was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 ^^^ This. RIP Earl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 the music of my youth, *cheers* to mr scruggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Scruggs was my intro to Bluegrass as well, RIP..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Sad news indeed. I'm going to crank up the bluegrass today in tribute to his influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agile_one Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 RIP, Earl. Thanks for all the pickin'. You and Mr Flatt were the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbut Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Wow,.. bummer! Almost makes me wish I hadn't stopped by here today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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