Footprints in the Snow Quite a few years ago, my older sister developed a liking for Flatt & Scruggs. She wasn’t hanging out in Bluegrass circles, but picked up the fad from her boyfriend’s Georgia Tech fraternity. I suspect the budding engineers at the fraternity … Read more
Monroe, Jerusalem Ridge Around the Fourth of July, I like to turn to something with American roots. “Jerusalem Ridge” was written by Bill Monroe (1911-1996), known as the father of bluegrass. The musical style, and Monroe’s band the Blue Grass Boys, take their name from Monroe’s home … Read more
Earl Scruggs has left this world. Called by some the “Prometheus of the Banjo,” he was a musical hero to many of us. He’s credited with popularizing a style of picking (3-finger) that “super-charged” the banjo style. Tunes that our pepper our musical landscape today … Read more
