In the studio, from left to right: John Mceuen, Tim Cooney, Rodney Dillard, Ricky Scaggs, Jeff Hanna, and Randy Scruggs (photo from Wikipedia)
Randy Lynn Scruggs (August 3, 1953 – April 17, 2018) was a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13. He won four Grammy Awards and was twice named “Musician of the Year” at the Country Music Association Awards. He was the middle son of Earl Scruggs.
As a songwriter, Scruggs’s credits include “We Danced Anyway”, “Love Don’t Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)”, “Love Has No Right”, “Don’t Make It Easy for Me”, “Chance of Lovin’ You”, and “Angel in Disguise”.
Scruggs worked with many artists, including Michael Card, The Talbot Brothers, Waylon Jennings, George Strait and Emmylou Harris. His career began in 1970 with the release of All the Way Home, a collaboration with his older brother Gary. Scruggs recorded his debut solo LP, Crown of Jewels, in 1998. He played the electric bass on John Hartford’s 1972 album Aereo-Plain.
In 1994, Scruggs teamed up with Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson to contribute the song “Keep on the Sunny Side” to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.
Scruggs died after a short illness on April 17, 2018, at the age of 64.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Scruggs
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Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths…
April 2018
18: Dale Winton, 62, English radio DJ and television presenter (Dale’s Supermarket Sweep, Hole in the Wall, The National Lottery: In It to Win It).
17: John Amirante, 83, American anthem singer (New York Rangers); Big Tom, 81, Irish country music singer; Randy Scruggs, 64, American music producer, songwriter (“Angel in Disguise”, “Love Has No Right”, “We Danced Anyway”) and guitarist, multiple Grammy winner.
16: Jim Caine, 91, Manx jazz pianist and radio presenter; Dona Ivone Lara, 97, Brazilian singer and composer; Sax Man, 65, American street saxophonist.
14: Jean-Claude Malgoire, 77, French conductor; Milan Škampa, 89, Czech violist.
13: Zbigniew Bujarski, 84, Polish composer; Walter Fink, 87, German entrepreneur and music patron.
12: Gyula Babos, 68, Hungarian jazz guitarist; Deborah Coleman, 61, American blues musician, complications from bronchitis and pneumonia; Irwin Gage, 78, American pianist; Brij Bhushan Kabra, 81, Indian classical slide guitar player (Call of the Valley); Samina Samoon, 24, Pakistani singer, shot.
11: Timmy Matley, 36, Irish singer (The Overtones), skin cancer.
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