Editing Earl Scruggs (section)

==Earl Scruggs Revue==
In early 1969, Scruggs formed the Earl Scruggs Revue, consisting of two of his sons, Randy (guitar) and Gary (bass) and later Vassar Clements (fiddle), Josh Graves (Dobro) and Scruggs's youngest son, Steve (drums).<ref name="revue">{{cite book |last1=Kingsbury |first1=Paul |last2=McCall |first2=Michael |last3=Rumble |first3=John W. |title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music: the ultimate guide to the music/ Earl Scruggs & the Earl Scruggs Revue |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-539563-1 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLZz02EzmBYC&q=earl+scruggs+revuehttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtLZz02EzmBYC&pg=PT1315}}</ref> On November 15, 1969, Scruggs performed live with the newly formed group on an open-air stage in Washington, D.C. at the [[Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam]]. Scruggs was one of the few bluegrass or country artists to give support to the anti-war movement.<ref name="new-yorker" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGDp--0SbX8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nGDp--0SbX8 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Earl Scruggs Performs At Anti War Demonstration |publisher=Youtube.com |date=July 13, 2009 |access-date=August 26, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The Earl Scruggs Revue gained popularity on college campuses, live shows and festivals and appeared on the bill with acts like [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], [[The Byrds]] and [[James Taylor]].<ref name="associated" /> They recorded for Columbia Records and made frequent network television appearances though the 1970s. Their album ''I Saw the Light with a Little Help from my Friends'' featured [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Tracy Nelson (singer)|Tracy Nelson]], and the [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last1=Monger |first1=James C. |title=I Saw the Light with Some Help from My Friends |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-saw-the-light-with-some-help-from-my-friends-mw0000187032 |website=allmusic.com |publisher=Allmusic, member of the RhythmOne group |access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> This collaboration sparked enthusiasm by the latter to make the album ''[[Will the Circle be Unbroken (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)|Will the Circle be Unbroken]]''. Earl and Louise Scruggs made phone calls to eminent country stars like [[Roy Acuff]] and [[Maybelle Carter|"Mother" Maybelle Carter]] to get them to participate in this project to bring a unique combination of older players with young ones.<ref name="cooper" /> Bill Monroe refused to participate saying he had to remain true to the style he pioneered, and this "is not bluegrass"<ref name="monroe-reader">{{cite book |last1=Hurst |first1=Jack |editor1-last=Ewing |editor1-first=Tom |title=The Bill Monroe reader |date=2000 |publisher=Univ. of Illinois Press |location=Urbana |isbn=0252025008 |page=102 |edition=1st pbk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnMROS4srL8C&q=bill+monroe+%2B+jack+hurst&pg=PA101 |access-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref> The album became a classic, and was selected for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry of works of unusual merit.<ref name="associated" />

Scruggs had to retire from the road in 1980 because of back problems, but the Earl Scruggs Revue did not part ways until 1982.<ref name="biography-dot-com" /> Despite the group's commercial success, they were never embraced by bluegrass or country music purists.<ref name="revue" /> Scruggs remained active musically and released ''The Storyteller and the Banjoman'' with Tom T. Hall in 1982, and a compilation album ''Top of the World'' in 1983. In 1994, Scruggs teamed up with [[Randy Scruggs]] and [[Doc Watson]] to contribute the song "Keep on the Sunny Side" to the [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] benefit album ''[[Red Hot + Country]]''. In 2001, Scruggs broke a 17-year personal album hiatus with the album ''Earl Scruggs and Friends'', featuring [[Elton John]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Don Henley]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Dwight Yoakam]], [[Billy Bob Thornton]], and [[Steve Martin]].<ref name="arizona">{{cite news |last1=Rodgers |first1=Larry |title=Earl Scruggs and Friends |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8920614/arizona_republic/ |access-date=February 3, 2017 |issue=Music Section |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |date=August 30, 2001 |page=41}}</ref> It includes the song "Passin' Thru", written by Johnny Cash and Randy Scruggs. He also released a live album ''The Three Pickers'' with Doc Watson and [[Ricky Skaggs]], recorded in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]] in December 2002.<ref name="three-pickers">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Zac |title=The Three Pickers/Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-three-pickers-mw0000028936 |website=allmusic.com |publisher=Allmusic, member of the RhythmOne group |access-date=February 20, 2017}}</ref>