An enormously influential musician, North Carolina native Earl Scruggs essentially rescued the five-string banjo from its fate as a country comedian's instrument, moving it into the realm of virtuosity by his work with Bill Monroe's Blue...

Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) is a musician noted for creating a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. Scruggs was born in Shelby, North Carolina to Georgia Lula Ruppe and George Elam...

Seldom does the opportunity arise for a musician to influence his peers through generations of artistic evolution. Banjoist Earl Scruggs is counted among the chosen few that have. Scruggs came to national prominence at a moment, in 1946, that some scholars consider...

When Earl Scruggs speaks, you want to listen. This is a man with a history. In a calm, crackling voice, he will tell you about his recent induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame,...

Earl Scruggs and the late Lester Flatt are now members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.Flatt & Scruggs teamed as a bluegrass act in the 1940s. They recorded the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV show in 1962, and their instrumental "Foggy Mountain...

Today is Saturday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2007. There are 359 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 6, 1412, according to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy.On this date:In 1540, England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife,...