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    • Oct 3, 1955
    Earl Scruggs suffers a fractured hip in an early-morning automobile accident 15 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee. Also injured in the crash are his wife, Louise, and sons Gary and Randy Scruggs
    Feb 8, 1958
    Earl Scruggs' third son, Steve Scruggs, is born in Nashville. He goes on to play piano for several years in his father's band, The Earl Scruggs Revue
    Jan 23, 1959
    Flatt & Scruggs record "Crying My Heart Out Over You" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. It later becomes a hit for Ricky Skaggs
    Mar 8, 1959
    Country stars gather for a pair of concerts at Louisville's Freedom Hall to raise money for the newly-founded Country Music Association. On the bill: Johnny Cash, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Carl Smith and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
    Apr 5, 1959
    Flatt & Scruggs record "The Cabin On The Hill" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. They also cut "Foggy Mountain Rock," which will be featured in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Apr 27, 1959
    Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Cabin In The Hills"
    Jul 12, 1959
    Earl Scruggs performs at the first Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island using Hylo Brown & The Timberliners as his backing group
    Nov 9, 1959
    Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Crying My Heart Out Over You"
    Apr 24, 1960
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record "Polka On A Banjo" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Jun 16, 1960
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs appear on the CBS-TV special "Folk Sound U.S.A." Hosted by Cisco Houston, the one-hour program also features Joan Baez, John Lee Hooker and Peter, Paul & Mary
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