Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at 88
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:12 am
(AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.
Scruggs' son Gary said his father passed away Wednesday morning at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital. Gary Scruggs said his father died of natural causes........
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What a musician! RIP Mr. Scruggs.
Scruggs' son Gary said his father passed away Wednesday morning at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital. Gary Scruggs said his father died of natural causes........
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What a musician! RIP Mr. Scruggs.