How many musicians can you think of who created a sound so definitive that it shaped an entire genre of music? Damn few. Earl Scruggs was one of those few. Earl Scruggs changed everything for banjo and for bluegrass music. He died this morning at 88.

Here he is with Lester Flatt playing Foggy Mountain Breakdown back in 1965.

http://youtu.be/6RvI6ZI2JWc

And here’s Fireball Mail

And here is Mr. Scruggs playing John Hardy with Doc Watson

RIP

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