American guitarist and songwriter (1953?2018)
Randy Scruggs
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Scruggs performing in 2009
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Birth name
| Randy Lynn Scruggs
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Born
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1953-08-03
)
August 3, 1953
Nashville, Tennessee
, U.S.
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Died
| April 17, 2018
(2018-04-17)
(aged 64)
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Genres
| Country
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Occupation(s)
| Music producer, songwriter, musician
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Instrument(s)
| Guitar
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Years active
| 1970?2018
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Musical artist
Randy Lynn Scruggs
(August 3, 1953 ? April 17, 2018) was an American music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13. He won four
Grammy Awards
and was named
Musician of the Year
at the
Country Music Association Awards
three times. He was the middle son of
Earl Scruggs
and
Louise Scruggs
.
Career
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As a songwriter, Scruggs's credits include "
We Danced Anyway
", "
Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)
", "
Love Has No Right
", "
Don't Make It Easy for Me
", "
Chance of Lovin' You
", and "
Angel in Disguise
".
Scruggs worked with many artists, including
Michael Card
, The Talbot Brothers,
Waylon Jennings
,
Earl Thomas Conley
,
George Strait
and
Emmylou Harris
. His career began in 1970 with the release of
All the Way Home
, a collaboration with his older brother Gary. Scruggs recorded his debut solo LP
Crown of Jewels
in 1998. He played the electric bass on
John Hartford
's 1971 album
Aereo-Plain
.
In 1972, Scruggs released another album recorded with Gary:
The Scruggs Brothers
. Reviewing in
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies
(1981),
Robert Christgau
said: "Significant that two musicians so close to the
Flatt
-
picking
roots?though it ought to be remembered that their father is an entertainer, not a mountaineer?have put together such a doleful-sounding
country-rock
band in the face of the good-time sippin'-that-wine stuff the more famous guys are selling."
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In 1994, Scruggs teamed with
Earl Scruggs
and
Doc Watson
to contribute the song "Keep on the Sunny Side" to the AIDS benefit album
Red Hot + Country
produced by the
Red Hot Organization
.
Scruggs died after a short illness on April 17, 2018, at the age of 64.
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Awards and honors
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2002 Best Country Instrumental Performance: Earl Scruggs, Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Steve Martin, Leon Russell, Vince Gill, Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Albert Lee, Paul Shaffer and Marty Stuart ? "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
Discography
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Albums
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Singles
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References
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- ^
Christgau, Robert
(1981).
"Consumer Guide '70s: S"
.
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies
.
Ticknor & Fields
.
ISBN
089919026X
. Retrieved
March 12,
2019
– via robertchristgau.com.
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Oermann, Robert (2018).
"Award Winning Randy Scruggs Passes"
.
MusicRow
. Retrieved
April 18,
2018
.
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Betts, Stephen L. (April 18, 2018).
"Randy Scruggs, Award-Winning Musician and Songwriter, Dead at 64"
.
Rolling Stone
.
ISSN
0035-791X
. Retrieved
April 18,
2018
.
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Whitburn, Joel (2013).
Hot Country Songs 1944?2012
. Record Research, Inc. p. 298.
ISBN
978-0-89820-203-8
.
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