Earl Scruggs

Aaron and Darlene Carr with Earl Scruggs' Jim Faulkner banjo donated to the Earl Scruggs Center A custom banjo built for Earl Scruggs by Jim Faulkner in 1971 has been officially donated to the permanent collection of the Earl Scruggs Center

In 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic, master banjoist Tony Trischka spent his time studying rare recordings of his hero Earl Scruggs informally jamming with the great John Hartford in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Though Trischka

The latest single from Tony Trischka's upcoming Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs project, a star-studded recording featuring his transcriptions of Scruggs' solos from jams with John Hartford, is an arrangement of the timeless mountain folk song, Bury Me

Attention banjo pickers and Earl Scruggs fans! The International Bluegrass Music Association is hosting a free webinar on May 15 offering a glimpse into the life of banjo innovator Earl Scruggs. It will be offered on the IBMA Facebook page at

Tony Trischka's Earl Jam band in Shelby, NC (1/13/24) - photo © Bryce LaFoon Bryce LaFoon was on hand with his camera this past Saturday for The Earl Scruggs Center's Remembering Earl concert, benefitting the Center, and celebrating both their 10th

Banjo master Tony Trischka is marking the 100th anniversary year of Earl Scruggs' birth with a new album in his honor. Entitled Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs, and expected later this spring from the new Down The Road

The Earls of Leicester at The Ryman Auditorium (1/6/24) - photo © Bryce LaFoon Earl Scruggs, surely the most influential and imitated banjo picker to date, was celebrated and remembered at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Saturday night on what

As most serious banjo fans, tomorrow, January 6, is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Earl Scruggs, born in 1924 in Cleveland County, NC. He lived another 88 years, along the way turning the five string banjo into a

West coast grassers will have a chance to celebrate the 100th birthday of the great Earl Scruggs in a special tribute show on January 6 in Bakersfield, CA, produced by the California Bluegrass Association in partnership with the Guitar Masters

The Earl Scruggs Center, a museum and cultural center honoring Shelby, NC's most famous native, is also hosting a special concert on January 13, 2024 in honor of the great man's 100th birthday. This date lands just two days after