Earl Scruggs - Earl's Breakdown

Remembering the greatness. Earl Scruggs - January 6, 1924 - March 28, 2012
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[Keith Everitt]

Hillbilly Heavy Metal.......

[Larry Johnson]

Earl Scruggs was the J.S. Bach of southern American country music

[P47ROCKS]

Canoe571, you said it all! I thought that lick in the second solo was GENIUS.

[Canoe571]

I heard Earl say, in an interview, that he often got messed up in a tune, but invented a way to get out of it, on the spot, so that nobody knew the difference. I guess most of us would think it was a pretty fancy lick he'd invented, instead of recognizing trouble. You can do that if you're good.

[MrPeperidge]

Good god this is cool.

[79stratman79]

hard to believe Earl wasn't even nominated for a Nobel Prize for inventing bluegrass banjo picking. That is a grave injustice (or as Uncle Josh would say, a "graves injustice". Long may he wave and thank you Mr. Scruggs.

[Thomas Griffin]

love it.

[ZenGround0]

I always see this comment and then go play molliwopped, it's a nice combination.

[Marvin Burrows]

I know most of you caught it, but if you didn't, what Lester was talking about after the song when he asked Earl if his banjo was having a problem was when Earl got hung up in the strings at :54. You didn't see that happening that often to Earl. He was THE master.

[RugratsSUCK1101]

RIP Earl Scruggs.

[Mary Cage]

A lot of people do not realize that Earl wrote so many pieces that he played: Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Earl;s Breakdown, Randy Lynn Rag, etc. I heard him say on an interview that he played by ear, and did not read music. Of course, most old time musicians played by ear.