Thursday, September 02, 2004
Scruggstacular: Nonpareil banjoist Earl Scruggs takes up residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame
From the Nashville Scene
When Steve Morse of the Boston Globe asked Melissa Etheridge why she chose to appear as a guest on 2001's Earl Scruggs and Friends, the answer, as he reported it, was swift and simple: "Well, he's Earl Scruggs, that's why."
A lot of reasons can be offered for making attendance at one of the banjo master's artist-in-residence concerts at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum this month a high priority, but they all boil down to those six words. At 80, Scruggs can look back on (while still pursuing) a career unlike any other, even in a town that sometimes seems to have seen it all. Others have revolutionized country music in their youth, but all of them were, first and foremost, singers and/or songwriters. While others have been revitalized by new styles and sounds that appeal to new audiences, only Scruggs has consistently taken the initiative not to reinvent, but to recontextualize his groundbreaking but essentially unchanged contributions.
Read the article
Nashville Scene
When Steve Morse of the Boston Globe asked Melissa Etheridge why she chose to appear as a guest on 2001's Earl Scruggs and Friends, the answer, as he reported it, was swift and simple: "Well, he's Earl Scruggs, that's why."
A lot of reasons can be offered for making attendance at one of the banjo master's artist-in-residence concerts at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum this month a high priority, but they all boil down to those six words. At 80, Scruggs can look back on (while still pursuing) a career unlike any other, even in a town that sometimes seems to have seen it all. Others have revolutionized country music in their youth, but all of them were, first and foremost, singers and/or songwriters. While others have been revitalized by new styles and sounds that appeal to new audiences, only Scruggs has consistently taken the initiative not to reinvent, but to recontextualize his groundbreaking but essentially unchanged contributions.
Read the article
Nashville Scene
# posted by Dave Sichak @ 11:08 AM 
