Earl Scruggs has died at 88

Earl Scruggs revolutionized banjo playing while in Bill Monroe’s band in the 1940s, and then, with Lester Flatt, formed one of the greatest country, string, or bluegrass bands of all time. He died at age 88 today.

Here are Flatt and Scruggs, “Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms.”

and “Lonesome Road Blues”

Here he is (on guitar) with Flatt and Mother Maybelle Carter doing the Carter Family’s “Foggy Mountain Top”

Another one with guitar, “Jimmy Brown the Newsboy.”

4 comments to Earl Scruggs has died at 88

Disgusted

March 28, 2012 at 8:33 pm

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ColRebSez

March 28, 2012 at 9:53 pm

From the TV show that made him famous (to me), here’s that all-time greatest hit! It starts about halfway through the video.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdv10AMj6Q&w=420&h=315
Suzassippi

March 28, 2012 at 10:33 pm

Oh, did that bring back some memories. One of my favorite Bill Monroe albums was an 8 track I still have. One of the highlights of my life was going to the Grand Ole Opry and hearing them say, “and now, Porter Waggoner” just like I had heard and seen so many times on black and white TV when he walked down that hall and opened the door. I am way too old!
Scott Barretta

March 29, 2012 at 5:05 pm

Here’s an obit by our friend Tony Russell

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/29/earl-scruggs

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 1:32 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Yeah, I picked up on the B&N bargain table two West Point Military Atlases, of WW2 and the Civil War, and they are invaluable. Whereas the stupid book I was reading on the Army of the TN has NO MA ..

Ben wrote on 11:58 am, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
TBA: the only histories I've read that included "good" maps are those in the series of volumes collectively titled United States Army in World War II. Each volume contains a comprehensive appendix of ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 11:16 am, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
What Grant's memoirs chiefly need, IMHO, is a fresh set of maps. I've not seen one that doesn't reprint the originals, which are no model of clarity. ..

Dragoman wrote on 10:43 am, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Yes, this has been a great series of posts, NMC. Happily enough, I came across a nice Library of America edition of the Memoirs at the flea market here in Jackson last weekend. It's a much better copy ..

NMC wrote on 8:26 am, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
I thought about our friend Keith Briggs more than once while making those posts, Mary Katherine. ..

Mary Katherine wrote on 8:02 am, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Yes, enjoying them a lot. I only wish Keith was still alive to read them - you guys could have conducted quite the dialog in this space! ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 7:10 am, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Military nerd stuff is always cool. ..

WantedToBeALawyer wrote on 6:48 am, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
I have thoroughly enjoyed these posts. FYI, here is a link to topo maps. Zooming in on the Jackson/Vicksburg area you can view older topos, but they only go back into the 30's generally. Around Jackso ..

Ben wrote on 10:48 pm, May 21, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
I enjoyed the posts immensely. Thank you for making them available here. I now have "Memoirs" bookmarked on my computer and have started reading the entire work ... but I think I'll get a paper editio ..

Randy wrote on 2:06 pm, May 21, 2013 about Dr. Toussaint, Dr. Dalai Lama, and Dr. Dr. John at Tulane’s commencement.
My sister was at her son's graduation when the Dalai Lama spoke. Sadly, she had trouble understanding anything he said more due to his accent rather than acoustics. ..

Ben wrote on 9:59 am, May 20, 2013 about Dr. Toussaint, Dr. Dalai Lama, and Dr. Dr. John at Tulane’s commencement.
The first thing that occurs to me is an image of Ross Barnett's walking onto the stage, surveying those three and inquiring: "And which one of you gen'men is Mr. Dolly?" ..

JL wrote on 8:37 am, May 20, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 20th-22nd: Assault on Vicksburg
Most Generals at this time did not do much direct observation of the ground their troops were expected to take. They had staff to do this but many times the staff did not do their jobs. Grant was no b ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 7:26 am, May 20, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 20th-22nd: Assault on Vicksburg
Pemberton blames everyone but himself. Grant doesn't blame himself, but does spare his blame for where it's deserved. The assaults were unlikely to succeed, but I might have ordered them myself; you c ..

Hootie Dasher wrote on 10:39 pm, May 19, 2013 about Dr. Toussaint, Dr. Dalai Lama, and Dr. Dr. John at Tulane’s commencement.
Another demerit for higher education. ..

Mae H. Best wrote on 8:59 pm, May 19, 2013 about RIP Leonard McClellan, lawyer who did important work in Oxford in the 70s and 80s
I was thinking of Leonard tonight and entered his name in the search engine and learned that he had died. Leonard was a dear friend when we both attended the University of Illinois. I am so sorry to h ..

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