Editing Earl Scruggs (section)

==Awards and honors==
*In 1989, Scruggs was awarded a [[National Heritage Fellowship]] given by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], the highest honor in the [[Folk music|folk]] and traditional arts in the United States.<ref name="fellowship">{{cite web |title=Earl Scruggs: Bluegrass Banjo Player |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/earl-scruggs |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=arts.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>
*Flatt and Scruggs were inducted together into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 1985. 
*Scruggs was an inaugural inductee into the [[International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame]] in 1991 and into the [[North Carolina Music Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref name="ncmhof">{{cite web |title=NCMHOF/Inductee Gallery/2009 Inductees/Earl Scruggs |url=https://northcarolinamusichalloffame.org/inductee-item/earl-scruggs/ |website=northcarolinahalloffame.org |publisher=North Carolina Music Hall of Fame |access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> 
*In 1992, he was one of 13 recipients to be awarded the [[List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts|National Medal of Arts]]. The award is authorized by Congress for outstanding contributions to the arts in the United States and presented by the President of the United States. 
*Flatt and Scruggs won a Grammy Award in 1968 for Scruggs's instrumental "[[Foggy Mountain Breakdown]]".<ref name="grammys-foggy">{{cite web |title=Grammys/Past winners search/Foggy Mountain Breakdown |url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&field_nominee_work_value=%22Foggy+Mountain+Breakdown%22&year=All&genre=All |website=grammy.com |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref> Scruggs won a second Grammy in 2001 for the same song featuring artists [[Steve Martin]], [[Vince Gill]], [[Albert Lee]], [[Paul Shaffer]], [[Leon Russell]], [[Marty Stuart]], [[Jerry Douglas]], [[Glen Duncan]] and Scruggs's two oldest sons, [[Randy Scruggs|Randy]] and Gary.<ref name="grammys-foggy" /> He totaled four Grammy awards over his career and in 2008 received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 50th Annual [[Grammy Award]]s. 
*On February 13, 2003, Scruggs received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name="apple ford">{{cite web |last1=Appleford |first1=Steve |title=Hollywood Star Walk/Earl Scruggs |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/earl-scruggs/ |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=February 22, 2017 |date=February 22, 2010}}</ref> 
*That same year, he and Flatt were ranked No. 24 on ''[[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]]'s 40 Greatest Men of Country Music''.<ref name="cmtsource">{{cite web |title=CMT Pays Tribute to the '40 Greatest Men of Country Music' in a Tantalizing Three-Hour CMT Original Special |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmt-pays-tribute-to-the-40-greatest-men-of-country-music-in-a-tantalizing-three-hour-cmt-original-special-74597112.html |website=Prnewswire.com |publisher=Country Music Television |access-date=February 8, 2017 |date=March 27, 2003}}</ref><ref name="bogus">{{cite web |title=40 Greatest Men in Country Music |url=https://start.mobilebeat.com/threads/40-greatest-men-of-country-music.11272/ |website=start.mobilebeat.com |publisher=Country Music Television |access-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075327/https://start.mobilebeat.com/threads/40-greatest-men-of-country-music.11272/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*In 2005, Scruggs was awarded an honorary doctorate from Boston's [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.berklee.edu/bt/171/bb_scruggs.html |title=Berklee Today &#124; Berklee College of Music |website=Berklee.edu}}</ref> 
*In January 1973, a tribute concert honoring Scruggs was held in [[Manhattan, Kansas]] featuring artists [[Joan Baez]], [[David Bromberg]], [[The Byrds]], [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]], [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]], and [[Doc Watson|Doc and Merle Watson]]. The concert was filmed and turned into the 1975 documentary film called ''Banjoman''.<ref>{{cite web |title=IMDb: Banjoman |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072681/ |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> It premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center, attended by Tennessee senators [[Bill Brock]] and [[Howard Baker]], [[Ethel Kennedy]], and [[Maria Shriver]].<ref name="premiere">{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Lynn |title=Premiere 'Overwhelms' Earl Scruggs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8925954/the_tennessean/ |access-date=February 3, 2017 |issue=First Edition |newspaper=The Tennessean |date=November 17, 1975 |page=26}}</ref> Scruggs attended the event in a wheelchair, recuperating from a crash of his private plane.<ref name="jerry-thompson">{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Jerry |title=Earl Scruggs Suffers Multiple Injuries in Small Plane Crash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=8925307 |issue=176 |newspaper=The Tennessean |date=September 30, 1975 |volume=70 |page=1}}</ref> 
*The [[Coen brothers]] made a reference to The Foggy Mountain Boys in the 2000 film, ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', by naming the movie band "The Soggy Bottom Boys"<ref name="coenbros">{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Jeff |title=5 things you didn't know about Flatt & Scruggs |url=http://www.axs.com/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-flatt-scruggs-67580 |website=axs.com |publisher=AXS |access-date=February 10, 2017 |date=October 17, 2015}}</ref> 
*On September 13, 2006, Scruggs was honored at [[Turner Field]] in Atlanta as part of the pre-game show for an [[Atlanta Braves]] home game. Organizers won a listing in "[[Guinness World Records|The Guinness Book of World Records]]" for the most banjo players (239) playing one tune together (Scruggs's "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"). The pickers formed two groups, one on each side of home plate, and a video tribute to Scruggs's life was shown.<ref name="guiness">{{cite web |last1=Lawless |first1=John |title=New Guinness Book record for banjo pickers |url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/new-guinness-book-record-for-banjo-pickers/ |website=bluegrasstoday.com |publisher=Bluegrass Today |access-date=February 22, 2017 |date=September 14, 2006}}</ref> 
*Four works by Scruggs have been placed in the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (single, inducted 1999); ''Foggy Mountain Jamboree'', (album, inducted 2012); ''Foggy Mountain Banjo'', (album, inducted 2013); and Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (single, inducted 1998) on which Scruggs performed. The award was established by The Recording Academy in 1973 to honor works at least 25 years old that have lasting qualitative or historical significance.<ref name="grammy-hall">{{cite web |title=Grammy Hall Of Fame/Past Recipients |url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#f |website=grammy.org |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref>
*The [[Google Doodle]] of January 11, 2019, paid homage to Scruggs by featuring a "close-up" animated demonstration of the "Scruggs style".<ref name=2019CNET>{{Citation |year=2019 |title=Google Doodle celebrates Earl Scruggs, banjo-picking pioneer |publisher=[[CNET]] |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-celebrates-earl-scruggs-banjo-picking-pioneer/}}</ref>