Rest In Banjo Heaven, Earl!

[woodnymph]

Earl Scruggs passed away today, at the age of 88..... Earl we'll keep on lovin' you!!

Old & in the Way - Til The End Of The World Rolls Round


http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-03-28/earl-scruggs-banjo-legend-bluegrass-dies/53841194/1

"Rather than speak out about the connections between folk and country in the war-torn, politically contentious '60s, he simply showed up at folk festivals and played, at least when he and Flatt weren't at the Grand Ole Opry. During the long-hair/ short-hair skirmishes of the '60s and '70s, he played with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and The Byrds. And when staunch fans of bluegrass — a genre that would not exist in a recognizable form without Scruggs' banjo — railed against stylistic experimentation, Scruggs happily jammed away with sax player King Curtis, sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, piano man Elton John and anyone else whose music he fancied."

And the man's from Shelby, NC!! Not too far from here!  :-*

[smhoffmann02]

Sad news, indeed.  A legend who's legacy will live on.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that Old & In The Way.

[woodnymph]

Sad news, indeed.  A legend who's legacy will live on.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that Old & In The Way.

  Really wish I would've somehow seen him with Ravi and Elton!!  I can just imagine it!!