Earl Scruggs, 1924–2012
(In 2008 GRAMMY winner Earl Scruggs was honored with The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. The following tribute penned by Béla Fleck ran in the GRAMMY Awards program book that year. Scruggs died today at the age of 88.)Earl Scruggs is the man who brought the five-string banjo front and center in the American consciousness. Throughout his career his creativity…
