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[cactuswatcher]

Another death to report: Earl Scruggs. Even if you had no interest interest in country music, virtually everyone my age knew who he was. We mostly thought of him in the guitar-banjo duo Flatt and Scruggs, who seemed like they were everywhere in those days of the 1950s and early 1960s from Ed Sullivan to The Beverly Hillbillies. Earl Scruggs was more than just the banjo half of the duo. He virtually re-invented five-string banjo playing and his style is played and heard now far more than any of the simpler banjo styles that came before him.

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[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

He's another great loss. I've loved Flatt and Scruggs for a long time, but Scruggs most of all. I think Scruggs had a connection with a guy from SC, Snuffy Jenkins, who played in the same style.