He was the originator of the three-finger picking style that brought the banjo to the fore in a new genre.
He was in a band called the "Foggy Mountain Boys" The 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde" featured their 1949 instrumental "Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
But, most of us would remember his work - although not knowing it was him - from his part from the "Ballad of Jed Clampett" -- the theme song of the Beverly Hillbillies.
Keep pickin' Earl....
"You can't be a real country unless you have beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need beer."
~ Frank Zappa
In the All Time Banjo Jam- with special guest Steve Martin, I guess. He's on the opposite end of Steve Martin in the Banjo Army.
Not something I usually listen to, but I can appreciate it.
To those who complain about the Range, see yourself here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmybEBLD6Ik
Play him off Keyboard Cat!
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"Chickie has somehow blown me stupid"
~~Coastal
Rip ear scruggs
two threads are always better than one.
http://www.BuffaloRange.com/showthre...P-Earl-Scruggs.
Flatt and Scruggs were bluegrass. Its not everyones cup of tea, but they are favorites of mine. RIP...
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