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Is it pure coincidence that Joe Dean is announced as the new banjo player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver on the opening day of baseball season? It would appear that Doyle has traded former banjo picker Jessie Baker to Dailey

With original banjo man Joe Dean taking his exit to pursue other interests, Dailey & Vincent have announced that Jessie Baker will henceforth be picking the five in their show. Baker has made quite a name for himself in a relatively

On Sunday, my father (Joe Mullins) and I sat and listened to every minute of a funeral for a man I had only been around once. Why would the passing of someone who I didn’t even know personally cause my

Bill Evans describes this touching tribute to Earl Scruggs from yesterday's memorial service in Nashville. I had the honor and privilege of attending the memorial service for Earl, held at the Ryman Auditorium on Sunday, April 1. There was one incredibly

Bluegrass Today's Terry Herd was in attendance for the Earl Scruggs memorial service at The Ryman yesterday afternoon, and sent along these photos of some of the leading lights of banjo outside the theater following the service.

These ruminations on the passing of Earl Scruggs are a contribution from Sammy Shelor, banjo player and band leader with Lonesome River Band, and a hugely influential contemporary 5 string stylist. Earl Scruggs influenced American music as much as any one

Sadly lost in all the Earl Scruggs coverage, we have learned that banjo legend Doug Dillard is hospitalized in Nashville. When first admitted earlier this week, he was put on a ventilator because he couldn't breathe. His family reports that he

This remembrance of Earl Scruggs comes from Ron Stewart, fiddler and banjo player with The Boxcars, who is widely-regarded as one of today's leading practitioners of  Scruggs-style banjo. My son McKinley and I had just return from getting some food, when

This remembrance of Earl Scruggs comes from Kristin Scott Benson, banjo player with The Grascals, and a multiple winner of the IBMA Banjo Player of the Year award. Like everyone else that loves bluegrass music and the banjo, I was saddened

Fellow banjo legend Terry Baucom pulled together a few reflections on the passing of Earl Scruggs, which he shared as an audio file. We thank Terry, and his wife Cindy, for taking the time for this lovely remembrance. Terry Baucom on Earl