Shawn Camp to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from home state of Arkansas
Noted Nashville singer, songwriter, and guitarist Shawn Camp, known to bluegrass lovers for his portrayal of Lester Flatt in The Earls of Leicester, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award next year during the 8th annual Arkansas Country Music Awards show. But Shawn is a lot more than a Lester tribute act, as much as we […]
Shawn Camp talks Earls of Leicester and his songwriting career
Shawn Camp is a multitasker in every sense of the word. Aside from the role he’s played with Jerry Douglas in the Earls Of Leicester, which can be traced back to its origins in 2013, he’s also a renowned solo artist in his own right. His songwriting credits extend to some of the biggest names […]
Photos from Remembering Earl in Shelby, NC
Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam band in Shelby, NC (1/13/24) – photo © Bryce LaFoon Bryce LaFoon was on hand with his camera this past Saturday for The Earl Scruggs Center’s Remembering Earl concert, benefitting the Center, and celebrating both their 10th anniversary and the 100th birthday of the great Earl Scruggs. He shared this gallery […]
Earl’s Granada makes it to the Country Music Hall of Fame
On Monday afternoon, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum officially accepted the donation of Earl Scruggs’ iconic Granada banjo into their permanent collection. This is the legendary banjo that Earl obtained in a swap with Don Reno in 1949, a 1930 Gibson Granada, which he used shortly after taking ownership for the initial […]
Charlie Cushman – Banjo Doctor is in
Is your five-string ailing? If so, contact the doctor. Charlie Cushman, banjoist with the Earls of Leicester and an Earl Scruggs devotee, is a top-notch banjo set-up man as well. Working out of his north Tennessee home, Cush has a shop filled with antique radios, vintage microphones, and everything that he needs to get banjos [...] The Earls Of Leicester – Live at The CMA Theater video available online
The live concert album from The Earls of Leicester on Rounder has been a big hit since it was released last year. Captured for both audio and video during a two-night stint at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Hame & Museum in February of 2018, it perfectly represents why this group of veteran grassers have been [...] Sleep With One Eye Open from The Earls
The Earls Of Leicester have released another video from their most recent album, Live at the CMA Theater, to promote their upcoming string of tour dates early in 2019. The two-disc set features 26 tracks of the Earls live on stage, performing the classic repertoire of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys. [...] I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow from The Earls
The Earls of Leicester continue to taunt us with videos from their upcoming double live album, weeks before it is available for purchase. Live at the CMA Theater will drop during IBMA week, recorded on two nights earlier this year in Nashville. It's essentially the set they perform at public appearances, all taken from the [...] Jerry Douglas on life as a traveling troubadour
Jerry Douglas is a multi-tasker. When he performed at Jam in the Trees festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina recently, he played solo, and then later that night, he made one of his frequent guest appearances with the Shooter Jennings Band. Of course Douglas is typically found in the company of others, both while jamming, [...] Earl’s Breakdown video from the Earls Of Leicester
Rounder Records is releasing another single in advance of their upcoming double live album from the Earls Of Leicester, Live at The CMA Theater in The Country Music Hall of Fame. Just as the title indicates, Jerry Douglas and the Earls recorded two nights of live shows in Nashville, set to be released on September [...] 