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Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs - Feast Here Tonight
cowboy-robot: Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs - Feast Here Tonight
I’ll build me a fire and I’ll cook that old hare
Roll him in the flames and make him brown
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
And find me a place to lie down
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This video was filmed partially at Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theatre. It also features John McEuen and Steve Arkin. It’s worth your three minutes.
We lost a legend today. Earl Scruggs died today at the age of 88. Once known as “the boy who made the banjo talk”, he mastered the three-finger picking style now simply called Scruggs-style. Not limited to strictly bluegrass, he crossed over into multiple genres playing with pop, jazz and international artists.
R.I.P.
“I always felt like Earl was to the five-string banjo what Babe Ruth was to baseball. He is the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be.” - Porter Wagoner
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RIP Earl Scruggs.
We’re working on a proper obituary right now, but in the meantime, hear the story behind his iconic song, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.” Death of a legend.
ALSO: Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Pioneer, Dies at 88 via NYT
As boys in the little community of Flint Hill, near Shelby, North Carolina, Earl and his brother Horace would take their banjo and guitar and start playing on the porch, then split up and meet behind the house. Their goal was to still be on the beat when they rejoined at the back. Momentously, when he was ten years old, after a fight with his brother, he was playing his banjo to calm his mind. He was practicing the standard “Reuben” when found he could incorporate his third finger into the picking of his right hand, instead of the his usual two, in an unbroken, rolling, staccato. He ran back to his brother, shouting, “I’ve got it, I’ve got it!” He was on the way to creating an entirely new way of playing the banjo: Scruggs Style.
Support “Oh Yeah”, a documentary on the life and music of John Hartford, on Kicstkarter. The purpose of this film is to encompass John’s life for his family and his fans, and to open a door into John’s World for those who did not know him. The film features interviews with Earl Scruggs, Marty Stuart, Tommy Smothers, Glen Campbell, all the former members of the Hartford String Band, Ronnie McCoury of the Del McCoury band, and Doug Dillard of the Andy Griffith show, David Holt, Cowboy Jack Clement, Pete Wernick and Mike Seeger just to name a few of the dozens of folks who have shared their stories about John.
Funnyordie: Bluegrass Diva with Steve Martin, Ed Helms and Noam Pikelny: Renowned banjo player Noam Pikelny’s new Compass Records album Beat the Devil and Carry A Rail narrowly escapes creative failure with help from his Bluegrass community friends: Steve Martin, Ed Helms, Earl Scruggs, Béla Fleck, Chris Thile, Gillian Welch, and Dave Rawlings.
Johnny Cash - So Doggone Lonesome
Star studded! Flatt and Scruggs launch into Salty Dog Blues after this. The quality on that’s a little dubious, but if you want to see it start it here.
raffello: Ground Speed on the old Flatt & Scruggs show. I’d be remiss at this point if I didn’t remind you of Martha White Hot Rize flour- “goodness gracious, it’s good!”
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs - Who Will Sing for Me?
libertyisastatue: Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs - Who Will Sing for Me?
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