In the NYT on the 29th, an obituary by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt: Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Pioneer, Dies at 88 Earl Scruggs, the bluegrass banjo player whose hard-driving picking style influenced generations of musicians and helped shape the sound of 20th-century country music with his guitar-strumming partner, Lester Flatt, died on Wednesday in a Nashville hospital. Some … Continue reading Earl Scruggs