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On This Day in 2012, We Said Goodbye to the Legendary Banjo Player Who Helped Define Modern Country Music

On This Day in 2012, We Said Goodbye to the Legendary Banjo Player Who Helped Define Modern Country Music

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Born on This Day in 1924, the Bluegrass Icon Who Made the Banjo What It Is Today

Travis Tritt performed with Vince Gill and Earl Scruggs

Watch Travis Tritt Shred a Banjo Solo Performing “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” with Earl Scruggs and Vince Gill

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Béla Fleck Documentary Film Out Today

April 21, 2015, 11:04 am
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Banjo Legend and Innovator Earl Scruggs Dies at 88

March 29, 2012, 11:41 am
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Lineup Announced

June 26, 2009, 9:33 am

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