Banjo Heroes


Filmed at Carlton Haney´s Labor Day Weekend Bluegrass Music Festival called "Bluegrass Country Soul" near Reidsville, North Carolina in 1971, the 35-mm documentary captured such memorable performances as Earl Scruggs playing "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (used in Bonnie and Clyde) and the Bluegrass 45 from Japan playing "Dueling Banjos" (featured in Deliverance).

The banjo heroes are:
Earl Scruggs, Sonny Osborne, Bill Emerson, JD Crowe, Jimmy Arnold,
Saburo Watanabe Inoue (Bluegrass 45), Eddie Hoyle, Don Stover,
Roger Smith, Rick Ryman (New Deal String Band), JD Crowe,
Alan Munde and Randy Scruggs







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