9781538114544-1538114542-Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon (Roots of American Music: Folk, Americana, Blues, and Country)

Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon (Roots of American Music: Folk, Americana, Blues, and Country)

ISBN-13: 9781538114544
ISBN-10: 1538114542
Author: David L. Russell, Gordon Castelnero
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback 264 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781538114544
ISBN-10: 1538114542
Author: David L. Russell, Gordon Castelnero
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback 264 pages

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Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon (Roots of American Music: Folk, Americana, Blues, and Country) (ISBN-13: 9781538114544 and ISBN-10: 1538114542), written by authors David L. Russell, Gordon Castelnero, was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Musical Genres (Music) books. You can easily purchase or rent Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon (Roots of American Music: Folk, Americana, Blues, and Country) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Musical Genres books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.07.

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As Earl Scruggs picked his banjo with machine gun precision at his 1945 debut at the Ryman Auditorium, he set in motion a successful career and enduring legacy that would eclipse anything the humble farm boy from North Carolina could have imagined. Scruggs’s revolutionary three-finger roll patterns electrified audiences and transformed the banjo into a mainstream solo instrument pursued by innumerable musicians.

In Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon, Gordon Castelnero and David L. Russell chronicle the life and legacy of the man who single-handedly reinvigorated the five-string banjo and left an indelible mark on bluegrass and folk music. After his tenure with the father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, Scruggs formed (with Lester Flatt) the Foggy Mountain Boys, also known as Flatt and Scruggs; the Earl Scruggs Revue with his sons; and finally his Family & Friends band. Scruggs released more than forty albums and reached millions of fans through performances on The Beverly Hillbillies and his music’s inclusion in the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde. Over his long career, Scruggs received numerous accolades and collaborated with stars such as Billy Joel, Elton John, Sting, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, the Byrds, and Steve Martin.

Through interwoven interviews with the Scruggs family and more than sixty notable musicians and entertainers, Castelnero and Russell reveal that, despite the fame Scruggs achieved, he never lost his humility and integrity. This biography testifies to Scruggs’s enduring influence and sheds light on the history of bluegrass for musicians, students, and anyone entranced by Scruggs’s unmistakable sound.

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