NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It is impossible to overstate the importance of Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly ...

Scruggs died Wednesday morning at age 88 of natural causes. The legacy he helped build with bandleader Bill Monroe, guitarist Lester Flatt and the rest of the Blue Grass Boys was evident all around ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 28 (Reuters) - Banjo innovator and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday at a Nashville hospital at age 88. He had been ...

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Earl Scruggs, the North Carolina-born banjo legend who was a regular at San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival, died at a Nashville hospital this morning, according to news reports.

Utah's “Best Bluegrass Band” (IAMMIEs) commemorates one of the greatest bluegrass innovators, Earl Scruggs, with a set of music tonight.--- Scruggs died March... Scruggs died March 28, 2012, in a ...

Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs, half of the legendary duo Flatt and Scruggs, died Wednesday morning in a Nashville Hospital. He was 88. Scruggs, who popularized the complex three-finger ...

Scruggs passed away Wednesday morning at 88 of natural causes. The legacy he helped build with bandleader Bill Monroe, guitarist Lester Flatt and the rest of the Blue Grass Boys was evident all around ...