Earl Scruggs Dies at 88

For anyone who is a huge bluegrass fan Earl Scruggs name is certainly infamous. The banjo picker is well known for his three finger playing as opposed to the original clawhammer style, and for putting the banjo back on the music scene. He had learned from the early age of 4 how to play the banjo and admitted that while he played the guitar too he preferred the banjo because it was the one sound he most liked to hear. According to reports, "Scruggs profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt." His son told the press that his father passed away of natural causes Wednesday morning in Nashville, Tennessee. For this and other news please go to www.foxnews.com, www.cnn.com, www.msnbc.com. Or to read more about Early Scruggs please go to: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/03/28/bluegrass-legend-earl-scruggs-dies-at-age-88/?intcmp=features#ixzz1qVlBclVZ