In Memoriam: Earl Scruggs

Legendary bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs passed away today.  His music did have an influence on me and introduced me to the world of acoustic bluegrass music and the quartet arrangement of mandolin, banjo, guitar and upright bass.  People will play bluegrass for a long time to come but few people (such as Earl Scruggs and the late, great mandolin master, Bill Monroe) will do it the same way it was when it first came on the scene in Kentucky and Virginia back in the '30s and '40s.  Rest In Peace, Earl Scruggs.

Here is an article from USA Today reporting his passing.

 http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-03-28/earl-scruggs-banjo-legend-bluegrass-dies/53841194/1

Here's a version of Scruggs' tune "Foggy Mountain Breakdown".