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The Don Gibson Theatre was proud to bring you a very unique and intimate evening of conversation and
music with a genuine American Legend, hosted by J.T. Scruggs!
TWO-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER
GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
LIFETIME HONOR WINNER - NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS WINNER
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
DESTINATION CLEVELAND COUNTY
PROUDLY PRESENTED
EARL SCRUGGS FAMILY REUNION:
MUSIC & STORIES, Hosted by J.T. Scruggs
DON HENLEY of the EAGLES said...
"Earl Scruggs is one of the true pioneers of American Music. He's a living example of a strain of musical authenticity that runs back to the earliest musical traditions of this country..."
COUNTRY STANDARD TIMES said...
"Few musical innovators match the contributions of Earl Scruggs... He was and remains nothing if not innovative, and innovators rarely stand still... Even after 56 years of recording, from Traditional Bluegrass to Progressive Rock, Earl Scruggs can still coax fire from his six-string... He feels like a kid, plays like a master and rolls in the sweet arms of music once again. Maybe there is no fountain of youth, no magic pill, but Earl Scruggs has found what works for him: MUSIC."
BELA FLECK said...
"My most powerful memory is hearing Earl Scruggs on The Beverly Hillbillies as a 5 or 6 year old. That sound just blew me away, it shook my head up. "
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES said...
"His fingers still pick the same quicksilver notes that jump-started American music more than 60 years ago... His playing turned the banjo into a virtuoso instrument and helped define the "High Lonesome" sound of Bluegrass music... He's traded licks with Indian sitar players, New York City jazzmen and LA pop stars, and he has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame."
BRUCE HINTO (CHAIRMAN, MCA NASHVILLE) said...
"There are just a few people in the 20th century that forever changed the ways an up-and-coming musician would think about how they were supposed to play their instrument, and what the possibilities might be with it. That's a very unique legacy. You can look at Louis Armstrong, or Chet Atkins on guitar. Earl has certainly brought that to the banjo - not to mention he's one of the architects of Bluegrass music."
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Don Gibson's name is used with permission of the Don Gibson Music Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
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