That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I’d been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn’t do anything to excite each other.
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You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.
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Birth: | 6th January, 1924 |
Death: | 28th March, 2012 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Musician |
Earl Eugene Scruggs was born in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. During his later years, he experimented with the electric banjo and helped expand the instrument's traditional bluegrass repertoire to include rock 'n' roll.
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