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Earl Scruggs Center Sneak Peek

Thanks to the Charlotte Observer, you can get a sneak peek into the fully renovated 1907 courthouse that hosts the Earl Scruggs Center. We encourage you to tour the museum…

Earl Scruggs Center featured in the New York Times

Check out our most recent feature in the New York Times, highlighting our efforts to curate the best of Shelby, NC and bluegrass music. To see and experience the Earl…

Listen Now: Earl Scruggs Center featured on the John Boy and Billy Show

Last week, Earl Scruggs Center staff and the Scruggs family joined John Boy and Billy live on air to talk about the life and legacy of a music legend. We’ve…

EARL SCRUGGS CENTER EXPANDS LINEUP FOR GRAND OPENING EVENT REMEMBERING EARL: MUSIC & STORIES

Adds Bank of the Ozarks as Grand Opening Weekend Sponsor Shelby, N.C. – The Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South today announced that Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist,…

Remembering The Ballad of Jed Clampett

Shelby, N.C. – Fifty-one years ago today, on November 26, 1962, Columbia Records released “The Ballad of Jed Clampett,” a bluegrass number performed by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs that…

Meet Our Musicians & Storytellers

The voices of her writers and musician are what really bring a region to life – and through them a “sense of place” can best be understood. Through this online…