Earl Scruggs dies at 88

[bcdon]

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-earl-scruggs-20120329,0,3263115.story

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[marnold]

Hey! I played a couple of his songs when I was in a bluegrass band in college. RIP. 88 is a ripe old age.

[Robert]

He was great. He sure influenced a lot of people.

Marnold, I didn't know you played bluegrass. Cool!

[marnold]

Marnold, I didn't know you played bluegrass. Cool!
I thought for sure I mentioned that before. It was when I was in college. It was the only "real" band I was ever in. I played bass--the only electrified instrument. There were also two banjos, one acoustic guitar, and a drummer. Not my normal taste in music, but I had fun. We called ourselves Ban Jovi.

[Robert]

Ban Jovi - best name ever! That's hilarious.

I bet you learned a lot in the band.

[Retro Hound]

I love bluegrass and was just listening to some while I was working on some tiling in the bathroom last week.

[R_of_G]

Read that last night. Very sad loss for the music world. Mr. Scruggs was a tremendous player.

ps. I definitely recall a college bluegrass band being part of Marnold's backstory.

[bcdon]

Earl Scruggs Breakdown

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[bcdon]

Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
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