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Earl Scruggs

  • Dan Tyminski and Po’ Ramblin’ Boys for Earl Scruggs Center

    March 6, 2023 | by Bryce LaFoon

    Dan Tyminski at the Malcolm Brown Auditorium in Shelby, NC - photo © Bryce Lafoon On Saturday evening, March 4, the Dan Tyminski Band performed in Shelby, NC for the Remembering Earl benefit show put on by the Earl Scruggs Center.

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  • Roger Hester shares family memories of Earl Scruggs

    November 23, 2022 | by Sandy Hatley

    Irene, Bryan, Anna Catherine, and Leonard Causby with Earl Scruggs, circa 1984 Banjoist Roger Hester, 81, of Sanford, NC, is a walking, breathing encyclopedia of bluegrass history. Recently, he shared a bit of his musical heritage that included the famous banjo

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  • Jeff Hanna talks Will The Circle Be Unbroken albums and how they resonate 50 years on

    November 4, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Those that have studied the evolution of bluegrass, traditional music, and the history of Americana music in general need not be told the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's impact on the arc of that trajectory. And the means by which they

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  • Banjo Legends site celebrates Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe on film

    October 27, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Daniel Duffin is a photographer, writer, and banjo enthusiast who had taken advantage of the opportunity to capture his favorite pickers, Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe, on film in the comfort of their own homes. Now that these legends have

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  • Earl Scruggs Center acquires Earl’s Ruben banjo for new exhibit

    August 29, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Earl Scruggs playing his Jim Faulkner Mark V Ruben banjo with the Earl Scruggs Revue The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC has acquired a custom banjo made for Earl Scruggs by Jim Faulkner for their newest exhibit on the Earl

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  • John McEuen book on the making of Will The Circle Be Unbroken in August

    July 25, 2022 | by Pamm Tucker

    The highly-celebrated Will The Circle be Unbroken, the seventh and perhaps most consequential album released by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in November. To mark this Golden Anniversary, John McEuen is releasing a book that details

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  • Tony Trischka: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs

    July 13, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Legendary banjo player, composer, and instructor, Tony Trischka, has announced a new performance vehicle called A Tribute To Earl Scruggs. Though Tony has been know primarily as an innovator in the banjo and bluegrass world, this new show focuses on Trischka's

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  • What Earl Scruggs Heard by Bob Carlin

    June 17, 2022 | by Richard Thompson

    Lockdown – remember that? - had many distressing effects. However, for some people it presented an opportunity to take on tasks that normal routine might not have permitted otherwise.  For producer, teacher/performer, and researcher Bob Carlin, the pandemic allowed him to

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  • The great Earl Scruggs, now ten years gone

    March 28, 2022 | by Richard Thompson

    10 years ago, on March 28, 2012, Earl Eugene Scruggs, noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style that bears his famous name, passed away.   The Scruggs style became a defining characteristic not just of the banjo but of bluegrass music.

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  • Gary Scruggs passes

    December 6, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    Gary Scruggs, Grammy winner, songwriter, musician, and eldest son of the late Earl and Louise Scruggs, passed away on December 1, 2021. He was 72 years of age.  Gary Eugene Scruggs who was born on May 18, 1949, in Knoxville, Tennessee,

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