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RIP Earl Scruggs
This makes me sad, I have been a bluegrass fan for years.
RIP Earl Scruggs: Bluegrass Legend, Beverly Hillbillies Theme Composer Dead at 88.
Let us tell you a little story about a man named Earl Scruggs.
The prolific bluegrass artist, who popularized the three-finger method of banjo-picking that came to be known as "Scruggs style," joined his first band when he was a teenager and continued to make music and friends all his life.
"Earl Scruggs, the most important banjo player who ever lived, has passed on," Steve Martin tweeted after news broke that Scruggs had died Wednesday morning of natural causes. He was 88.
The North Carolina native released at least 29 live and studio albums over the years. And whether or not you know it, you almost certainly are familiar with his most widely heard composition.
Scruggs wrote the music and recorded "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," aka The Beverly Hillbillies theme song, with Lester Flatt and singer Jerry Scoggins.
RIP Earl Scruggs: Bluegrass Legend, Beverly Hillbillies Theme Composer Dead at 88.
Let us tell you a little story about a man named Earl Scruggs.
The prolific bluegrass artist, who popularized the three-finger method of banjo-picking that came to be known as "Scruggs style," joined his first band when he was a teenager and continued to make music and friends all his life.
"Earl Scruggs, the most important banjo player who ever lived, has passed on," Steve Martin tweeted after news broke that Scruggs had died Wednesday morning of natural causes. He was 88.
The North Carolina native released at least 29 live and studio albums over the years. And whether or not you know it, you almost certainly are familiar with his most widely heard composition.
Scruggs wrote the music and recorded "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," aka The Beverly Hillbillies theme song, with Lester Flatt and singer Jerry Scoggins.
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