Monday, December 16, 2002
26. "foggy mountain breakdown," earl scruggs and friends
the most unexpected joy I had watching cmt this year was seeing 78-year-old earl scruggs doing just what he does best, pickin' and grinnin' - at #3 on cmt's top 20 countdown. and not only can scruggs, as pure as bluegrass gets, keep up with the young'uns, he can outplay most of 'em. this jam session on a scruggs classic features everyone from leon russell to vince gill to paul shaffer to steve martin (yup, that steve martin - scruggs taught him to play the banjo in the '70s), but it's earl who holds it all together (and taught most of the artists on the track a thing or two). fresh as the day it was born.
the most unexpected joy I had watching cmt this year was seeing 78-year-old earl scruggs doing just what he does best, pickin' and grinnin' - at #3 on cmt's top 20 countdown. and not only can scruggs, as pure as bluegrass gets, keep up with the young'uns, he can outplay most of 'em. this jam session on a scruggs classic features everyone from leon russell to vince gill to paul shaffer to steve martin (yup, that steve martin - scruggs taught him to play the banjo in the '70s), but it's earl who holds it all together (and taught most of the artists on the track a thing or two). fresh as the day it was born.
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