On Monday afternoon, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum officially accepted the donation of Earl Scruggs' iconic Granada banjo into their permanent collection. This is the legendary banjo that Earl obtained in a swap with Don Reno in 1949,
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Charlie Cushman – Banjo Doctor is in
Is your five-string ailing? If so, contact the doctor. Charlie Cushman, banjoist with the Earls of Leicester and an Earl Scruggs devotee, is a top-notch banjo set-up man as well. Working out of his north Tennessee home, Cush has a shop
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The Earls Of Leicester – Live at The CMA Theater video available online
The live concert album from The Earls of Leicester on Rounder has been a big hit since it was released last year. Captured for both audio and video during a two-night stint at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Hame & Museum
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Sleep With One Eye Open from The Earls
The Earls Of Leicester have released another video from their most recent album, Live at the CMA Theater, to promote their upcoming string of tour dates early in 2019. The two-disc set features 26 tracks of the Earls live on
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I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow from The Earls
The Earls of Leicester continue to taunt us with videos from their upcoming double live album, weeks before it is available for purchase. Live at the CMA Theater will drop during IBMA week, recorded on two nights earlier this year in
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Jerry Douglas on life as a traveling troubadour
Jerry Douglas is a multi-tasker. When he performed at Jam in the Trees festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina recently, he played solo, and then later that night, he made one of his frequent guest appearances with the Shooter Jennings
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Earl’s Breakdown video from the Earls Of Leicester
Rounder Records is releasing another single in advance of their upcoming double live album from the Earls Of Leicester, Live at The CMA Theater in The Country Music Hall of Fame. Just as the title indicates, Jerry Douglas and the Earls
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Long Journey Home from Earls Of Leicester
The tremendous success of The Earls Of Leicester, both at live appearances and with record sales, should put to bed the argument that traditional bluegrass is dying or dead. This group, a superstar tribute band featuring the music of Flatt
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Earls of Leicester live album to be recorded next month
The Earls of Leicester have developed quite a reputation this past few years for their eerily accurate representations of the music of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys. Created by Jerry Douglas, the band serves up a
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Train That Carried My Girl From Town video from The Earls
Rounder has released a second music video from Rattle & Roar, their latest album from The Earls Of Leicester. Like their self-titled debut in 2014, it's a tribute to the artistry of Flatt & Scruggs, with 17 lovingly rendered reproductions from