Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon

by Gordon Castelnero, David L Russell, David L. Russell

Book Overview

As Earl Scruggs picked his banjo with machine gun precision at his 1945 debut at the Ryman Auditorium, he set in motion a successful career and enduring legacy that would eclipse anything the humble farm boy from North Carolina could have imagined. Scruggs's revolutionary three-finger roll patterns electrified audiences and transformed the banjo into a mainstream solo instrument pursued by innumerable musicians. In Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon, Gordon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442268654
• ISBN13: 9781442268654
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"