Charlie Daniels may have summed up Earl Scruggs‘ contribution to country music the best. “No one will ever play the banjo like Earl,” the famous fiddle player said on Sunday, as over two thousand fans and contemporaries gathered around him at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
In addition to country music, I absolutely love bluegrass music. When I think of bluegrass, I think of Bill Monroe, Alison Krauss and Union Station, The Del McCoury Band, and, of course, the one and only Earl Scruggs. When you think of great banjo players, he's at the top of the list. In my eyes, nobody can top his banjo playing skills. So, I was definitely saddened to hear of his death. He was de