Earl Scruggs R.I..P.

[Joemailman]

Maybe I'm the only one here old enough to remember him, but I regret his passing.

http://www.charter.net/news/read.php...org%3E&ps=1018

[swede]

What was he doing still alive?

(Edit, after reading release) Ahh! He was younger then I thought he would have been. When I was eight I thought forty year old guys looked sixty, I guess.

I bought the Earl Scruggs bluegrass book and learnt me up a number of songs with a rented banjo back in the 70's. I sure wish I still had that sweet little banjo. A lot of what I learned from Scruggs, hammers and pull-offs and forward and backward roll picking patterns, went into my guitar playing later.

His desire to create and innovate beyond the traditional is pretty cool.

[Freak Out]

RIP Earl. I was blown away when I first heard heard the guy play. I'll never forget when I showed a friend who thought Eddie Van Halen was a god how Earl and Pete Seeger had been playing for years.

[easy cheesy]

RIP Earl. I was blown away when I first heard heard the guy play. I'll never forget when I showed a friend who thought Eddie Van Halen was a god how Earl and Pete Seeger had been playing for years.

AMEN Brother!!!!

[sooner6600]

Earl, Earl, meet my cousin Beryl!

Yes, when in Athens Greece; at little dance club, T for Texas T for that other state was on the juke box.

RHIP

[Kiwon]

Talented and cool.

[KYPack]

He was just a kid.

88 is the new 30, ya know?

Got to see Earl several times. His sons played with him for many years. It was always cool to see what a great family they were. They would introduce different tunes with little stories. They would all say what a thrill it was to be playing with "DAD". They were just a shy, humble family that could pick like hell.

Earl's up in Hillbilly Heaven now.

Wonder if Bill Monroe will give him any of his back pay?

[Zool]

Maybe I'm the only one here old enough to remember him, but I regret his passing.

Am I the only one here who's more than a little concerned about the wording of this?