At an 80th birthday party for Scruggs in January 2004, Porter Wagoner said: "I always felt like Earl was to the five-string banjo what Babe Ruth was to baseball. He is the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...re=player_detailpage

That rendition of Cripple Creek is from the "Foggy Mountain Band" album, we had it in our home when I was a boy.

What I liked most about him is he played clean, coherently, and didn't like to tear it up tempo-wise.

He's gone home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl9hMSWi9IQ

My favorite CD is "American Made, World Played."

He could make a banjo sing...