you may hate this music but you cant deny this guys talent and innovation, basically wrote the book on modern banjo playing
"In an article in the New Yorker in January, Martin wrote, "A grand part of American music owes a debt to Earl Scruggs. Few players have changed the way we hear an instrument the way Earl has, putting him in a category with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins, and Jimi Hendrix."
Bluegrass great Earl Scruggs dead at 88 - CNN.com