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Transcript: Earl Scruggs, On Life -- And Banjo Picking
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- November 21, 2008
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DAVE DAVIES
NPR Fresh Air
11-21-2008
Earl Scruggs, On Life -- And Banjo Picking
Host: DAVE DAVIES
Time 12:00-1:00 PM
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DAVE DAVIES, host:
This is Fresh Air. I'm Dave Davies, senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, filling in for Terry Gross. Earl Scruggs, one of the most important players in the history of bluegrass, has a new CD. Last year, he returned to Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, where he first played in 1945 for a concert with a variety of bluegrass musicians, including his sons, Gary and Randy. The live recording of that concert has just come out on Rounder Records. It's called "Earl Scruggs: The Ultimate Collection / Live at the Ryman."
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