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Tuesday May 5th, 1998
Gibson Musical Instruments Photo album: Earl and Louise Scruggs' 50th anniversary party

Earl and Louise Scruggs celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday night (May 3) at the Gibson Cafe in Nashville. Here's a second installment of party photos from Nashville photographer/banjoist Dan Loftin.
  1. Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz tells the crowd how Earl's been with Gibson longer than he's been with Louise.

  2. Country star Patty Loveless and her husband, producer Emory Gordy, pose between Earl and Louise.

  3. Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter made Earl and Louise smile.

  4. Waylon went on to crack up Marty Stuart and his wife Connie Smith.

  5. Louise and Earl made time for a shot with Steve Smith, general manager of Gibson's Original Acoustic Instruments division, which makes all the Earl Scruggs signature banjos.

  6. Dobro legends Pete "Oswald" Kirby and Tut Taylor say hi.

  7. And now for the cake.

  8. Earl feeds Louise.

  9. Louise feeds Earl.

  10. And now for some picking, led by Earl's sons Randy on guitar and Gary on bass.

  11. Marty Stuart takes a mandolin solo, with guitar support from Jody Maphis (left) and Travis Tritt, along with Ronnie McCoury on "backup" mandolin.

  12. John Hartford (left) and Glen Duncan demonstrate twin fiddling.

  13. Finally, the legend of the five-string banjo takes the stage, along with Dobro great Josh Graves.

  14. Earl answers a request for his famous guitar solo on "You Are My Flower."


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