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Much as her husband, Earl Scruggs, revolutionized the banjo, Louise Scruggs transformed the behind-the-scenes business of country music. Nashville's first professional manager and booking agent, she was instrumental in establishing bluegrass as a viable commercial entity. Born Ann Louise Certain in Lebanon, TN, on February 15, 1927, as a child she was given a toy typewriter and ...more


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