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Posted in The New Yorker yesterday is an article by Steve Martin on banjo innovator Earl Scruggs: Some nights he had the stars of North Carolina shooting from his fingertips. Before him, no one had ever played the banjo like he did. After him, everyone played the banjo like he did, or at least tried. [...]
Mikael Wood from the LA Times attended the Earl Scruggs concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall last week. His subsequent review is a strange one. His peripheral exploration of Scruggs’ history and his description of the concert suggest that he was somewhat misplaced as were his expectations of a Scruggs concert. Nevertheless this is an amazing [...]
Students will receive all-expenses paid scholarships to spend a day learning traditional acoustic and bluegrass music from nationally known professional musicians in Gaston and Cleveland County in North Carolina this weekend. The Bluegrass Music Project was made possible by the USA’s Foundation for Bluegrass Music grant and will take on the 14th and 15th October. [...]
As a preface, I’ll point out that it has long been a peeve of mine (and many others in the bluegrass world) that Earl Scruggs has not been given his due as a major driving force in the development and popularity of bluegrass music. This issue can and likely will be debated for a long [...]
As usual, our mate Ted Lehmann was present at this years IBMA Awards night to capture the evening in splendid hi-rez digital. Ted presents an array of photos on his blog which puts faces to names, and provides us an opportunity, in a small way, to be a part of the evening, thanks Ted. Also [...]
EarlNews from North Carolina today is that Earl Scruggs has been hospitalised. Details are unclear across various sources but some details suggest that the situation may not be serious. Some more information is available from Cleveland County’s The Star website.
The bluegrass industry’s highest honors of the year go to the new members of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees are singer/songwriter, banjo and fiddle stylist John Hartford and the pioneering business manager of Flatt & Scruggs, The Earl Scruggs Revue and Earl Scruggs Family & Friends, Louise Scruggs. Hartford passed [...]
Late last year we brought you news of Curly’s 90th birthday celebrations. Following on from his 90th, Curly has no plans to slow down. This year marks Curly Seckler’s 75th Anniversary in music. He kicks off the celebration playing two concerts with Constant Change, and special guest Dudley Connell. Bluegrass legend Curly Seckler began his [...]
Tom Thomas grew up listening to Flatt and Scruggs who by then had their own TV Show and were making regular appearances on the Beverly Hillbillies. A long time fan of Flatt and Scruggs’ music Tom created Flatt and Scruggs Preservation Society several years ago and then begun a quest to see a museum established [...]
Special Merit Grammy Honorees Named The Recording Academy announced today that Earl Scruggs will be one of the 2008 Honorees receiving its highly prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Other recording artist Honorees include Burt Bacharach, the Band, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman, and Max Roach. For more details regarding the Special Merit GRAMMY Awards, please [...]
Earl Scruggs With Family & Friends Debuts Exclusively On iTunes Rounder Records will be releasing a long awaited album by Earl Scruggs featuring an amazing ensemble of players that include Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, John Gardner, Hoot Hester, Rob Ickes, John Jorgenson, and Jon Randall. Scruggs first appeared at Nashville’s Ryman Theatre in 1945 during [...]
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