Earl Scruggs 🪕 changed the way of playing Banjo

🤠 Honky Tonk Town 🍻 🎻 Where the Country is Found 🪕 More at: https://linktr.ee/honkytonktown Subscribe for Free! 🪕🎻 #shorts #countrymusic #shorts We share Country Music Videos to the World! Bringing back memories of Music to New Generations 🤠 Real Country Music 🎻 🪕 Follow Our Playlists 🎧 🤠 Honky Tonk Town 🍻 🎻 Where the Country is Found 🪕 More at: https://linktr.ee/honkytonktown Subscribe for Free! Earl Scruggs 🪕 Remembering the legend of Bluegrass Earl Scruggs 🪕 . January 6th: On this day 1924 Born on this day in Shelby, North Carolina, was Earl Scruggs the American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style (now called Scruggs style). Worked with Bill Monroe in the “Blue Grass Boys”, scored the hit as Flatt and Scruggs with “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” for the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies in 1962. Scruggs died from natural causes on March 28, 2012, in a Nashville hospital. Scruggs received four Grammy awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a National Medal of Arts. He became a member of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1985, Flatt and Scruggs were inducted together into the Country Music Hall of Fame and named, as a duo, number 24 on CMT’s “40 Greatest Men of Country Music”. Scruggs was awarded a National Heritage Fellowshipby the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States. Four works by Scruggs have been placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame. After Scruggs’ death in 2012 at age 88, the Earl Scruggs Center was founded in Shelby, North Carolina, near his birthplace with the aid of a federal grant and corporate donors. The center is a $5.5 million facility that features the musical contributions of Scruggs and serves as an educational center providing classes and field trips for students. . #earlscruggs #rickyskaggs #honkytonktown george jones singing johnny horton songs toby keith's greatest hits conway twitty songs country music on youtube grand ole opry old country country music concerts full length old honky-tonk country music george jones tribute hank williams honking tonk blues grand ole opry performances country songs waylon jennings johnny cash keith country singer dwight yoakam on youtube dwight yoakam george jones country concerts conway twitty songs the night hank williams came to town old honky-tonk country music george jones tribute hank williams honking tonk blues grand ole opry performances country songs waylon jennings johnny cash keith country singer dwight yoakam on youtube dwight yoakam george jones country concerts conway twitty songs the night hank williams came to town Disclaimer: This content is shared with the intent to celebrate and promote real country music. All rights belong to the original copyright owners. We do not intend to infringe on any copyrights or profit from this content. We believe this use qualifies as fair use for educational and entertainment purposes.

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