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    • Nov 21, 2011
    Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" is announced as a Grammy Hall of Fame entry with Gene Autry's "Deep In The Heart Of Texas," Flatt & Scruggs' album "Foggy Mountain Jamboree" and the "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Mar 28, 2012
    Banjo player Earl Scruggs dies in Nashville. A bluegrass pillar, he helped establish the genre as a Bill Monroe sideman, a member of Flatt & Scruggs and a solo artist, earning a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Nov 21, 2012
    Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" and Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's "The Titanic" are announced as new additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with W.H. Stepp's "Bonaparte's Retreat" and Flatt & Scruggs' album "Foggy Mountain Banjo." Also enshrined: Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" and Francis Craig's "Near You"
    Jul 12, 2013
    The RB-Granada Mastertone banjo that was Earl Scruggs' primary instrument goes on display in the Country Music Hall of Fame's "Precious Jewels" exhibit, alongside instruments associated with Lester Flatt, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Maybelle Carter and Jimmie Rodgers
    Jan 11, 2014
    The Earl Scruggs Center has its grand opening in Shelby, North Carolina
    Sep 23, 2019
    Versions of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, and by The Earl Scruggs Revue, are featured in episode six of the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." Also in the mix is Flatt & Scruggs' "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
    Sep 30, 2019
    Author Thomas Goldsmith publishes "Earl Scruggs And Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making Of An American Classic"
    Jun 29, 2020
    The Uptown Shelby Association announces a mural of Earl Scruggs has been completed in an alley in Shelby, North Carolina
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