When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

What would have been Earl Scruggs’ 100th birthday is this Saturday (January 6). A star-studded lineup of country and bluegrass musicians will gather to celebrate a man who helped change the way ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, "This one goes out to ...

Earl Scruggs Music Festival will return to Mill Spring, N.C., for its fourth annual event on August 29-31. Continuing tradition, the occasion will take place at Tryon International Equestrian Center.

Indie music publisher peermusic has acquired the entire music publishing catalog of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs and the majority of the song catalog of his son, Gary Scruggs. Independent music ...

“Few players have changed the way we hear an instrument the way Earl has, putting him in a category with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins and Jimi Hendrix.” Those words, penned by actor, ...

The musician pioneered a style and left an unending legacy. In this photo, Earl Scruggs (center), is flanked by sons Gary (left) and Randy as they pose at the 2005 Nashville Chapter Recording Academy ...

Celebrated Grand Ole Opry fiddler Hoot Hester died 10 years ago today at age 65 after an 11-month battle with cancer.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Bluegrass banjo musician Earl Scruggs was honored with a Google Doodle ...

Jan. 11 (UPI) --Google is paying homage to renowned musician and banjo player Earl Scruggs with a new Doodle. Scruggs was born in 1924 in North Carolina where he grew up on a farm. He joined Bill ...

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