Earl Scruggs
Also known as Earl Eugene Scruggs
American musician (1924–2012)
Person · Open Library
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- 3
Top works
- Earl Scruggs Banjo Songbook
- Earl Scruggs and the Five String Banjo
- Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo
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Film & TV
Acting · Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played.
Known for
- Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music — Self (archive footage)2019
- Give Me the Banjo — Self2011
- Opry Video Classics: Pioneers — Self (archive footage)2007
- The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 — Self2007
- The Three Pickers — Self2003
- CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" — Self2003
- Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music — Self1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
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1924 births2012 deathsActivists from North CarolinaAmerican anti–Vietnam War activistsAmerican country banjoistsBlue Grass Boys membersBluegrass musicians from North CarolinaBurials at Spring Hill Cemetery (Nashville, Tennessee)Columbia Records artistsCountry musicians from North CarolinaFoggy Mountain Boys membersGrammy Award winners