A moment of twang, please.

Earl Scruggs died today.  I discovered Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson simultaneously when I discovered the "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.  I started picking the banjo about a year later, though after more than a decade of messin' around with it off and on, I'm still just a novice.

There are only a few things that lift my mood almost instantly, and listening to good banjo picking is one of those things.

Here's to you, Earl.

Brayshaw pretending to be Earl, circa 1996.