Earl Scruggs

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

passed away

[Globaltruth]

Here's a tribute from Steve Martin

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/01/steve-martin-earl-scruggs.html

[Paul Sherratt]

Hope Earl's particular god enjoys the banjo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MuUeQRLRBc&feature=related

[Paul Sherratt]

Who doesn't ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOIqmlI65Y

[johncorrigan]

Who doesn't ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOIqmlI65Y

One thing for sure; there won't ever be another one like him. In the early seventies I thought I'd bought a 2nd hand Phil Harris LP in a jumble sale, but the record on the inside was Flatt and Scruggs (on the Hallmark Label I seem to remember) - still counts as the very best accidental buy I ever made. Then I found out it'd been them who did the Beverly Hillbillies' theme, and for me Earl and Flatt were heroes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjVzmIV8gwk

[Lateralthinking1]

Sorry to hear this news. Great music. A fairly frequent choice on Spotify lists even in the current times.

Funnily enough, that Beverly Hillbillies tune might be one of the first songs I ever heard.