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    • Sep 29, 1975
    Earl Scruggs suffers head injuries, facial cuts, a broken nose and broken ankle when the plane he pilots crashes while landing in East Nashville
    Nov 16, 1975
    "Banjoman," a full-length movie celebrating the career of Earl Scruggs, premieres at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Also featured: The Byrds, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Merle Watson, David Bromberg, Tracy Nelson and Ramblin' Jack Elliott
    Feb 6, 1976
    Four months after a near-fatal plane crash, Earl Scruggs makes his return to the stage in Bloomington, Indiana. Scruggs travels to the show by bus
    Feb 27, 1976
    Roy Clark, Charo and George Gobel guest on ABC-TV's "Donny And Marie," performing "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with the hosts and The Osmonds
    Mar 4, 1976
    Weird concert moment: Mountain Smoke, a bluegrass band featuring Vince Gill, opens for Kiss at the Oklahoma City Civic Center. Gill and crew are booed off stage; he flashes a middle finger to the crowd as they walk off
    Jun 21, 1976
    A thief breaks into The Osborne Brothers' limo while the band is on stage in St. Paul, Minnesota, and steals Sonny Osborne's wallet, including $4340 in cash. Osborne begins carrying a handgun as a result
    Jul 13, 1976
    Tom T. Hall records "Fox On The Run" at Nashville's US Studios with a band that includes Donna Stoneman, Charlie Collins, Kenny Baker and Bill Monroe
    Feb 18, 1977
    Sean Watkins is born in Vista, California. He joins Nickel Creek, a youthful bluegrass group that incorporates a wide range of influences, earning numerous Grammy nominations and a pair of gold albums
    Mar 24, 1977
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, observes Bill Monroe Day as the bluegrass icon plays a sold-out show at Jonathon Swift's
    Jan 12, 1978
    Fiddler Paul Warren dies in Nashville. He played with Flatt & Scruggs and appeared on a number of Kitty Wells hits, including "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," "Release Me" and "Paying For That Back Street Affair"



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