Earl Scruggs
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Biography
[Edit]Earl Scruggs was to the five-string banjo what Paganini was to the violin. As part of the Foggy Mountain Boys and later Flatt & Scruggs (both with Lester Flatt), he created the sound of bluegrass and helped bring it to national recognition through radio shows, recordings, television appearances, and concerts. During the '40s, the group added "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" to the bluegrass canon, and during the '50s and '60s, they became the most visible bluegrass act in the country, performing often on television. The duo's popularity peaked in 1962, when they recorded the theme song to the television sitcom The Beverly Hillbilles. The theme, called "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," became the first number one bluegrass single in early 1963, and the duo made a number of cameos on the show.
By the end of the '60s, Scruggs wanted to expand their sound and pushed Flatt to cover Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" in 1968 as well as land concert appearances in venues that normally booked rock & roll acts. Flatt wanted to continue in a traditional bluegrass vein. Inevitably, the opposing forces came to a head in 1969, and the duo parted ways. Appropriately, Flatt formed a traditional bluegrass band, the Nashville Grass, while Scruggs assembled a more progressive outfit, the Earl Scruggs Revue, with his two sons.
The Revue appealed more to a young and urban audience and, with dobro player Josh Graves, played rock and other non-country music. By the end of the '70s, Flatt & Scruggs began ironing out the details of a proposed reunion album, but they were scrapped upon Flatt's death on May 11, 1979. Scruggs made many albums after his parting with Flatt, highlighted by 1982's The Storyteller and the Banjo Man (with Tom T. Hall) and 2001's Earl Scruggs and Friends (which featured an all-star cast including Johnny Cash, Elton John, Sting, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Leon Russell, and Steve Martin). Scruggs was often seen on TV as well, often for reunion appearances. In 2012, he died in Nashville at the age of 88.
Title: Flatt & Scruggs - The Complete Mercury Recordings
Artist: Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Genre: Country
Title: Earl Scruggs: The Ultimate Collection (Live At the Ryman)
Artist: Earl Scruggs
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Complete Mercury Sessions
Artist: Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Genre: Country
Title: The Ultimate Collection / Live at the Ryman
Artist: The Family, Earl Scruggs
Genre: Country, Alternative Country
Title: Down The Road
Artist: Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt, Flatt & Scruggs
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Collections
Title: A Very Special Acoustic Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gospel Classics & Christian Prayers
Genre: Gospel
Title: Christian Songs Through the Ages
Genre: Gospel
Title: A Very Special Christmas
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: American Legacy: Essential Blues, Folk & Country Music
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest Bluegrass Artists
Genre: Country
Title: American Bluegrass Essentials
Genre: Country
Title: Tribute to Tradition
Title: The Rounder Records Story
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Most Amazing Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass - Old and New
Genre: Country
Title: Old Country Songs from Down On the Farm, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Ride That Train
Genre: Country
Title: Blue Ridge Mountain Banjo
Genre: Country
Title: Best Country Pioneers
Genre: Country
Title: American Country Pioneers
Genre: Country
Title: Country Music Vol 5
Genre: Country
Title: Ultimate Banjo
Genre: Country
Title: Rural Blues Essentials
Genre: Blues
Title: Pickin' and Grinnin'
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Bluegrass : Bluegrass Legends
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Hall of Fame
Genre: Country
Title: Country Music's Golden Age, Vol. 2
Genre: Country
Title: The Newport Folk Festival
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Bluegrass Roots of Mumford & Sons
Genre: Pop
Title: Bluegrass: Pickers Paradise
Genre: Country
Title: Fastest Bluegrass Alive
Genre: Country
Title: Country Music Legends: The Classics, Vol. 10
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Banjo at its Best
Genre: Country
Title: Golden Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: Country Music USA
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Speed Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: Discover Country Pioneers
Genre: Country
Title: The Best Instrumental
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Country Music 2013
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 3)
Genre: Country
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 9)
Genre: Country
Title: Country Tonight Songs 50
Title: Instrumental Gold Collection, Volume 7 (Disc 1)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Gold Instumental Collection. Vol. 4 (CD2)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: 100 Country Hits & Greatest Country Classics (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Country Hits & Greatest Country Classics (CD2)
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Greatest Classic Country Songs 2021 (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Essentials (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: The Golden Age Of Country (CD2)
Genre: Country
Featuring albums
Title: Living on the Other Side
Artist: Illrd Tyme Out
Genre: Gospel, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Foggy Mountain Jamboree (Bonus Tracks)
Artist: Flatt & Scruggs
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Winning Combinations: Flatt & Scruggs and Bill Monroe
Artist: Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs
Genre: Country
Title: Keep On the Sunny Side - June Carter Cash: Her Life In Music
Artist: June Carter Cash
Genre: Country
Title: Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country
Title: Anyone For a Country Hoedown
Artist: Smokey Stover
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Country, Dance Pop
Title: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys
Artist: Flatt & Scruggs
Genre: Country
Title: Final Fling: One Last Time (Just For Kicks)
Artist: Flatt & Scruggs
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: The Fabulous Sound Of Flatt And Scruggs
Artist: Flatt & Scruggs
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
