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	Amazon.com: Earl Scruggs and Friends: Music: Earl Scruggs and Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		As Earl Scruggs broadened his horizons into country-rock in the early 1970s, two albums much like this one appeared, featuring cameos from Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez, etc. Now as then, the results are mixed.
		Earl himself, was there for the recording and I'm quite sure that if he thought that "their overwhelming performances relegated him to the back", then it wouldn't sound the way it does.
		Earl Scruggs stated he wanted to do new things musically and not feel he was in a rut.
	www.amazon.com /Earl-Scruggs-Friends/dp/B00005NEYZ (1392 words)

	Earl Scruggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924 in Shelby, North Carolina) created a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is one of the defining characteristics of bluegrass.
		Scruggs was an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991.
		Scruggs' wife and manager Louise Scruggs died on February 02, 2006 at the age of 78 at Nashville, TN's Baptist Hospital following a lengthy illness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_Scruggs (261 words)

	The GIBSON & Baldwin Player - Earl Scruggs can't get enough picking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Earl with the Chieftains at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
		The most profound measure of Earl Scruggs' influence is the simple fact that the five-string banjo is the only instrument on which the overwhelming majority of players copy the style of just one man. "Scruggs style" - the driving, three-fingered roll that Scruggs perfected in the 1930s - defines the five-string banjo.
		By 1969, Scruggs was ready for another musical challenge and created it for himself with the Earl Scruggs Revue, a far-reaching country-rock ensemble that included sons Gary on bass, Randy on guitar and Steve on keyboards.
	player.gibson.com /oct02/earl.html (1683 words)

	Foggy Mountain Boys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys were an influential bluegrass band performing and recording in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
		Scruggs, who had always shown progressive tendencies, experimented on duets with saxophonist King Curtis and added songs by the likes of Bob Dylan to the group's repertoire.
		Flatt and Scruggs were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foggy_Mountain_Boys (364 words)

	The Earl Scruggs Gibson Banjo
		Earl really didn't want a new neck, but, since Jim was such a nice guy, he let him take the banjo home with him after playing Bean Blossom in 71 or 72.
		Earl said when Jim brought the banjo back to him in Madison, he opened the case and was not immediately fond of the new neck.
		Earl was reluctant to change the model since so much hype had been made about how it was a recreation of his banjo.
	www.paulhawthorne.com /hutchens.html (1794 words)

	Earl Scruggs
		JD Crowe came up and talked about hearing Earl Scruggs playing on the radio and said that from then on he was hooked on the banjo.
		Earl also played his guitar for a couple of songs, including "You Are My Flower", and sang four-part harmony on the song "Precious Memories".
		Earl pleased the crowd by playing all of the old favorites that he is associated with, from "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" to "Salty Dog" to "Foggy Mountain Special".
	www.gritz.net /subscribers_area/features/earl_scruggs.html (1872 words)

	Earl Scruggs
		The Earl Scruggs model was introduced in 1984 and was a recreation of Earl's banjo at that point in time.
		Recently, Earl worked closely with the GIBSON craftsmen for the return of the orginal double cut peghead design as well as the glowing sunburst brown finish on the curly maple resonator and neck.
		Earl's banjo has served him well for over 40 years and today's Earl Scruggs Mastertone model will prove to be "THE BANJO" for a whole new generation of artists.
	www.gibson.net /products/custom/1995/bluegrass/banjos/scruggs.html (106 words)

	Earl Scruggs at the Old Town of Folk Music
		Scruggs' banjo was the linchpin for many tunes, as his rolling, three-finger picking style invoked a variety of moods.
		In a sprightly take on "Earl's Breakdown," Scruggs demonstrated one of his trademark techniques by plucking a string and then immediately twisting a tuning peg in order to bend the note.
		The song was originally recorded by Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, the group that the banjoist performed in from 1948 to 1969.
	www.suntimes.com /output/music/cst-ftr-scruggs19.html (525 words)

	newsobserver.com \| Earl Scruggs recovering from fall
		Banjo innovator and bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs was upbeat and recuperating in Nashville today after a fall Saturday from a stage in Myrtle Beach, S.C., his agent said.
		Born near Shelby, Scruggs is regarded as one of the significant innovators of American popular music, creating an enduring, modernistic three-finger banjo style out of traditional elements he heard from pickers in both Carolinas.
		Scruggs won 1968 and 2001 Grammy Awards for the same song, his signature tune “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” with the earlier award shared with his longtime partner Lester Flatt.
	www.newsobserver.com /105/story/372016.html (395 words)

	Earl Scruggs: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Earl Scruggs (born January 6, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Scruggs style is a fingerpicking method of playing the banjo, typically using picks on the thumb and first two fingers of the right hand, with the ring and...
		"foggy mountain breakdown" is a famous bluegrass music instrumental by the seminal bluegrass artists flatt and scruggs....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/earl_scruggs.htm (950 words)

	Roughstock's History of Country Music - Bill Monroe & Bluegrass
		Earl came from an area east of the Appalachians which was already using a three-finger style on the five-string banjo.
		Earl had played with his brothers from the age of six and by 15 he was playing on a North Carolina radio station with the Carolina Wildcats.
		Flatt and Scruggs and their band became members of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955, and were winning numerous fan polls and industry awards.
	www.roughstock.com /history/bgrass.html (906 words)

	CBC Arts: Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs falls off stage
		Bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs has returned to Nashville to recover after giving fans a fright on the weekend, as he fell off the stage during a concert.
		Witnesses in the crowd said that it appeared he was unaware of a four-foot drop on the side of the stage, perhaps because of the glare of the stage lights.
		Scruggs was taken to the emergency room of a local hospital and released after receiving 12 stitches above his eye.
	cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/11/28/Arts/scruggs-fall-051128.html (376 words)

	USATODAY.com - Earl Scruggs is still picking his shots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Even the Earl Scruggs Revue of the '70s was basically a vehicle for pushing sons Gary and Randy into the spotlight.
		Most of Earl Scruggs and Friends was cut with all the artists and musicians on a track together in the studio.
		Scruggs recalls one encounter that took place as he and a friend picked a few tunes during a break at the North Carolina mill where he worked at the time.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/2001-08-31-earl-scruggs.htm (854 words)

	Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree : Music from Overstock.com
		Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt met in Bill Monroe`s band in the mid-`40s, where they helped Monroe pioneer the classic bluegrass sound, then later left Monroe to form their own group, with Scruggs`s blazing banjo leads and Flatt`s flat-picking guitar lines and steady tenor taking the spotlight.
		Earl`s Breakdown - (with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs)
		Shuckin` The Corn - (with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs)
	www.overstock.com /Books-Movies-Music-Games/Lester-Flatt-Earl-Scruggs-Foggy-Mountain-Jamboree/1794790/product.html (618 words)

	Earl Scruggs at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Earl Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) created a banjo style that is one of the defining characteristics of bluegrass.
		Flatt and Scruggs won a Grammy award in 1968 for Scruggs' instrumental "Foggy Mountain Breakdown".
		In 2002 Scruggs won a second Grammy award, for a new recording of that same tune.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Earl_Scruggs.html (148 words)

	peermusic - The Independent Major :: Earl Scruggs
		Born in Flint Hill, North Carolina, on January 6, 1924, Earl Eugene Scrugs, as half of the duo Flatt and Scruggs, brought the intricate, energy-fused bluegrass sound to the attention of the massess.
		Scruggs formed The Earl Scruggs Revue, an all electric band, with his sons Gary on bass and Randy on guitar along with former Flatt and Scruggs dobroist Josh Graves and Vassar Clements on fiddle.
		In 1982 Scruggs recorded an album with Tom T. Hall entitled The Story Teller And The Banjo Man. In July, 1994, after a near fatal plane crash, Scruggs and Bill Monroe performed together for the first time since 1948.
	www.peermusic.com /artistpage/Earl_Scruggs.html (719 words)

	Biography - EarlScruggs.com
		Earl Scruggs was born and grew up near Shelby, North Carolina in Cleveland County.
		Earl's father, George Elam Scruggs, was a farmer and a bookkeeper.
		Earl began playing the banjo at the age of four using a two finger style picking.
	www.earlscruggs.com /biography.html (768 words)

	Earl Scruggs: Earl Scruggs and Friends - PopMatters Music Review
		One of the great things about Earl Scruggs -- besides, of course, the fact that he's a musical genius whose three-finger picking style revolutionized the banjo -- is his willingness to explore.
		But too many of the performers on Earl Scruggs and Friends can't seem to leave the spotlight, and that, combined with production that often leaves Scruggs' banjo lost in the mix, makes the listener question just what kind of "friends" these are.
		A case in point is Scruggs' duet with Dwight Yoakam on "Borrowed Love" where Yoakam's hillbilly twang and Scruggs' banjo, never silenced, work together wonderfully.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/scruggsearl-friends.shtml (1074 words)

	If only the boys back at the old mill could see Earl Scruggs now - Saturday, 09/04/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The banjo method he popularized now is called ''Scruggs' style,'' and it is a basic enough ingredient in bluegrass and other forms of folk music to be considered elemental.
		Scruggs fans will fill the hall's 213-seat Ford Theater each week, though it's doubtful that anyone will be as destructively enthusiastic about the music as was one gentleman who used to attend the dinner shows at the thread mill.
		Earl Scruggs and his Family and Friends Band will perform at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Ford Theater this month on three Tuesdays (Sept. 7, 14 and 21) and on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
	tennessean.com /entertainment/music/archives/04/08/56876693.shtml?... (844 words)

	Earl Scruggs - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Earl Scruggs is to the five-string banjo what Paganini was to the violin.
		After more than 20 years with the Foggy Mountain Boys, forming the most famous band in bluegrass history, Scruggs and Lester Flatt parted company in 1969 because of artistic differences, with Flatt pursuing more traditional sounds and Scruggs forming the Earl Scruggs Revue with his two sons.
		Scruggs has made many albums since his parting with Flatt (including The Storyteller and the Banjoman with Tom T. Hall in 1982) and is seen on TV, often for reunion appearances.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/075/Earl-Scruggs/1000733.html (123 words)

	Scruggs & Scruggs - Sunday, 02/27/05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The banjos are there to provide before and after pictures, to signify Scruggs' rise from an agrarian childhood to his current place as one of the most important and best-loved musicians on the planet.
		When Flatt and Scruggs disbanded, she managed and booked the Earl Scruggs Revue, a country-rock ensemble that spanned generations, inspired the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's famed Will the Circle Be Unbroken albums and included the couple's three sons, Gary, Randy and Steve.
		By then, Earl was gone from Monroe's band, and he'd formed Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys with fellow former Blue Grass Boy, Lester Flatt.
	tennessean.com /features/living/archives/05/01/66150517.shtml?... (2126 words)

	EARL SCRUGGS
		Scruggs' sound diversified as his solo career gathered steam; today, at 77, he continues to record, perform and awe generations of music fans in every genre.
		They make Earl Scruggs and Friends a musical gumbo, from the all-out pickin' fest of the instrumental all-star “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” to Yoakam's hip, haunting sound on “Borrowed Love.” “Fill Her Up” is pure Sting —; rhythmic and soulful — though banjo-enhanced.
		Notes Randy Scruggs, “Elton is such a fan of dad's — he came into the studio with a boxed set and asked dad to autograph it.
	mixonline.com /mag/audio_earl_scruggs/index.html (1891 words)

	Paste Magazine :: Feature :: Earl Scruggs :: The Banjo Man Gets His Own Exhibit (Page 1)
		Earl Scruggs didn’t invent the banjo, but musicians and music historians credit him as the person who liberated the instrument from its preconceived limitations—not unlike Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar or Paganini for the violin.
		Before Scruggs, the banjo was played in a “claw hammer” or “thumping” style, but his pioneering syncopated rhythmic technique fused with the then-new three-finger picking style, became one of the signatures with which Bill Monroe perfected his bluegrass sound.
		Scruggs’ opus, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” is commonly referred to as the “bluegrass national anthem.” But he was also pivotal in bridging the cultural gap between country music and rock ’n’ roll audiences, helping to elevate the perception of bluegrass from mere hillbilly music to a revered American art form.
	www.pastemagazine.com /action/article/1448/earl_scruggs (447 words)

	Amazon.ca: And Friends: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Earl Scruggs is widely credited for widening the appeal of the banjo to non-country audiences, and his virtuosity has attracted legions of celebrity admirers, several of whom appear on Earl Scruggs and Friends.
		On Earl Scruggs and Friends, the five-string banjo player teams up with a number of artists and songwriters from pop and country, with mixed results.
		Though Scruggs' playing is never less than flawless, the restrained personality of his banjo picking sometimes gets swamped by the megastar personalities of singers like Elton John, Melissa Etheridge and Sting, where he's relegated to little more than session musician (albeit an excellent one).
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NEYZ (602 words)

	BMI.com \| Earl Scruggs Brings Out the Best
		Earl's obsession with the five-string banjo increased during his high school years in Boiling Springs, N.C., where he improved his stylings every chance between schoolwork and farm chores.
		Young Scruggs played his banjo with abandon until he suddenly realized he was using three digits instead of two.
		Flatt and Scruggs broke up in 1969 when Earl formed the Earl Scruggs Review, backed by his sons, Randy (producer of the new album and an acclaimed musician himself), Gary and the late Steve.
	www.bmi.com /musicworld/features/200206/escruggs.asp (582 words)

	Earl Scruggs Summary
		Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6 1924, Shelby, North Carolina) is a musician noted for creating a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass.
		Scruggs was an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991.
		Scruggs' wife and manager Louise Scruggs died on February 02, 2006 at the age of 78 at Nashville, TN's Baptist Hospital following a lengthy illness.
	www.bookrags.com /Earl_Scruggs (406 words)

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