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Earl Scruggs: Rich Pickings

Angus Batey, MOJO, November 2001

Lightning banjo picker Earl Scruggs was there at the birth of bluegrass. Over half a century later he's back with a new album and a gala British concert in the Beyond Nashville season at London's Barbican. Angus Batey pays homage.

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