Béla Fleck Remembers Earl Scruggs, Discusses the Banjo’s Africa Roots

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Bela Fleck plays with the Flecktones at North Carolina Museum of Art's amphitheater.(Photo: Julianne G. Macie/Wikipedia)

Bela Fleck plays with the Flecktones at North Carolina Museum of Art's amphitheater.(Photo: Julianne G. Macie/Wikipedia)

Perhaps the quintessential American instrument is the banjo and the player most associated with it is the late Earl Scruggs.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks to musician Béla Fleck about Scruggs and also about a trip he made to Africa in search of the banjo’s roots.

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