Earl Scruggs had a way of always putting smiles on the faces of the coaches and players he came across during his long career as one of Central New York’s most respected high school officials. Even if ...

That illustrates a truism about Earl Scruggs. He’s more applicable than simply within the world of bluegrass and country music. It’s not certain that the Who’s Pete Townshend rates as a fan of Scruggs ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...