The day the music died

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:20 am

Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs, a singular talent of collective import, died Wednesday morning at a Nashville hospital. He was 88.

A quietly affable presence, Scruggs popularized a complex, three-fingered style of playing banjo that transformed the instrument, inspired nearly every banjo player who followed him and became a central element in what is now known as bluegrass music.

But Scruggs' legacy is in no way limited to or defined by bluegrass, a genre that he and partner Lester Flatt dominated as Flatt and Scruggs in the 1950s and '60s: His adaptability and open-minded approach to musicality and to collaboration made him a bridge between genres and generations.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obi ... 53841194/1

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:21 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMTVV5Lwaw[/youtube]

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Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:39 am

tough old man · Post by **tough old man** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:16 pm

As a huge fan and a banjo player, I will miss him.

Herv100 · Post by **Herv100** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:18 pm

Bedlam 0-0-0 · Post by **Bedlam 0-0-0** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:56 pm

RIP. Total Badass Banjo Legend.

I play banjo too TOM. It's hard to stay depressed while playing (or listening to) the banjo. Lexapro-banjo. Mr. Scruggs will be missed.

IGX

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