Sad day for us banjer players, Earl Scruggs who started it all has died at the age of 88.
He was Roni's inspiration and she got to meet him first when she was a teenager, and played on a couple of tracks on the very first bluegrass dedicated to his style LP in 1957 -
http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=186
The Mighty Cowpats are playing at The Archer, Whitfield on Easter Monday afternoon, I just might play a couple of tunes in his honour if they'll let me (nothing like working a free plug into a thread
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