Earl Scruggs
Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style (now called "Scruggs style") that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.
Although other musicians had played in three-finger style before him, Scruggs shot to prominence when he was hired by Bill Monroe to fill the banjo slot in his group, The Blue Grass Boys. He later reached a mainstream audience through his performance of "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network television hit The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.
Early life
Scruggs was born and grew up in the Flint Hill community in Cleveland County, North Carolina, to Georgia Lula Ruppe and George Elam Scruggs, a farmer and bookkeeper, who played banjo and died when Scruggs was four years old. His older brothers, Junie and Horace, plus his two older sisters, Eula Mae and Ruby, all played banjo and guitar. Scruggs' mother played the organ.
Career
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Nashville's Rock released: 2009
- Earl Scruggs, Family & Friends released: 2005
- The Essential Earl Scruggs released: 2004
- Foggy Mountain Special released: 2003
- The Three Pickers released: 2003
- Classic Bluegrass Live: 1959-1966 released: 2002
- Earl Scruggs and Friends released: 2001
- Artists Choice: The Best Tracks (1970-1980) released: 1998
- The Complete Mercury Sessions released: 1992
- Dueling Banjos released: 1973
- Strictly Instrumental released:
The Essential Earl Scruggs
Released 2004- Heavy Traffic Ahead
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel
- Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)
- Down the Road
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Old Salty Dog Blues
- Pike County Breakdown
- Come Back Darling
- Don't Get Above Your Raising
- Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy
- Earl's Breakdown
- Get in Line Brother
- Dear Old Dixie
- Flint Hill Special
- Foggy Mountain Chimes
- Till the End of the World Rolls Round
- Foggy Mountain Special
- Randy Lynn Rag
- Shuckin' the Corn
The Three Pickers
Released 2003- Feast Here Tonight
- What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?
- Spoken Introduction
- Who Will Sing for Me?
- Spoken Introduction
- Soldier's Joy
- Walk on Boy
- Daybreak Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Pick Along
- Spoken Introduction
- What is a Home Without Love?
- Doin' My Time
- Earl's Breakdown
- The Storms Are on the Ocean
- Down in the Valley to Pray
- The Banks of the Ohio
- Ridin' That Midnight Train
- Spoken Introduction
- Road to Spencer
- Katy Hill
- Foggy Mountain Top
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Classic Bluegrass Live: 1959-1966
Released 2002- John Henry
- Flint Hill Special
- Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
- Love and Wealth
- Earl's Breakdown
- Gathering Flowers From the Hillside
- The Prisoner's Song
- Cumberland Gap
- Salty Dog Blues
- Before I Met You
- Cabin on the Hill
- Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
- Orange Blossom Special
- Will You Be Lonesome Too
- Foggy Mountain Chimes
- Wabash Cannonball
- When the Saints Go Marching In
- Ballad of Jed Clampett
Artists Choice: The Best Tracks (1970-1980)
Released 1998- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
- T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1)
- Rambling 'round Your City
- Sally Gooding
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown
- Down in the Flood
- Salty Dog Blues
- Travelin' Prayer
- My Tennessee Mountain Home
- I Shall Be Released
- Swimming Song
- Bleeker Street Rag
- Third Rate Romance
- Instrumental in D Minor
- I Still Miss Someone
- (A) Mansion on the Hill
- Nashville Skyline Rag
- Black Mountain Blues
- Mandolin Wind
- Get Along
- The Cabin
- Country Comfort
- Lonesome Ruben
The Complete Mercury Sessions
Released 1992- Pike County Breakdown
- Doin' My Time
- My Little Girl in Tennessee
- Down the Road
- Old Salty Dog Blues
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
- My Cabin in Caroline
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown
- I'll Just Pretend
- Pain in My Heart
- Is It Too Late Now
- Why Don't You Tell Me So
- Cora Is Gone
- I'll Never Love Another
- Baby Blue Eyes
- I'll Never Shed Another Tear
- We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
- Farewell Blues
- Will the Roses Bloom
- Back to the Cross
- Take Me in a Lifeboat
- I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home
- Bouquet in Heaven
- No Mother or Dad
- I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime
- So Happy I'll Be
- God Loves His Children
- Preachin', Prayin', Singin'
Born: 1924-01-06
Died: 2012-03-28
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The Angels
by: Earl ScruggsSometimes I feel like an innocent one
To deserve this fate what I have I ever done
I know that I made all the rules
But time can even change the hopeless ways of fools
I love you tonight like I did yesterday
I won't think of tomorrow or the price I pay
I drink from the well my soul is dry
I never know why
All I want is for your love to be all mine
But the angels won't have it
All I want is just a little peace of mind
But the angels won't have it
I thought I had a piece of my soul left to sell
I guess it's just as well
'Cause the angels won't have it
Who's looking after this see-through heart
Someone up there isn't doing their part
Oh Cupid you foolish boy
You should take better aim with your brand new toy
I love you tonight like I did yesterday
I don't think of tomorrow or the price I pay
I drink from the well my soul is dry
I never know why
All I want is for your love to be all mine
But the angels won't have it
All I want is just a little peace of mind
But the angels won't have it
I thought I had a piece of my soul left to sell
I guess it's just as well
'Cause the angels won't have it
So if I die before I wake
The innocent one whose heart could never break
Lift me up take me out of this bed
Watching the angels shake their heads
Don't feel sorry for me baby honey don't you cry
You can sell all of my clothes you will forget me by and by
I'll be riding that train I'll be singing that song
But I won't be gone for long
'Cause the angels won't have it
All I want is for your love to be all mine
But the angels won't have it
All I want is just a little peace of mind
But the angels won't have it
I thought I had a piece of my soul left to sell
I guess it's just as well
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