Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt were the bluegrass duo, Flatt & Scruggs. The story behind their song, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” is the subject of a new book. University of Illinois Press When Flatt ...

Many fans think of Travis Tritt as one of the biggest names of the ‘90s. Hits like “Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares),” “T-R-O-U-B-L-E,” and “Anymore” were all over the radio at the height of ...

NASHVILLE -- His fame is such that he's referred to simply as Earl, and his fiery, rolling, three-finger attack as "Scruggs style." As the man who single-handedly transformed the banjo from a modest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage ...

We mark the 100th anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry, country music’s biggest stage, and feature interviews with two of its members. First up, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He and guitarist ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It is impossible to overstate the importance of Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly ...

In 2005, ``Foggy Mountain Breakdown'' was selected for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry of works of unusual merit. The following year, the 1972 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's ``Will the ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...