Blog: Keep the Coffee Coming

Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs a singular talent of collective impact, died Wednesday morning at a Nashville hospital. He was 88 and died of natural causes. A quietly affable presence, Mr. Scruggs popularized a complex, three-fingered style of playing banjo that transformed the instrument, inspired nearly every banjo player who followed him and became a central element in what is now known as bluegrass music. But Mr. Scruggs’ legacy is in no way limited to or defined by bluegrass, a genre that he and partner Lester [...]

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