Earl Scruggs

Personal Info

Birthday

January 6, 1924

Day of Death

2012-03-28

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Earl Eugene Scruggs

Earl Scruggs

Biography

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

Filmography

2019
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Give Me the Banjo
as Self
2007
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
as Self
2003
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
as Self
The Three Pickers
as Self
1993
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1991
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
1972
Bluegrass Country Soul
as Self
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self
1965
Country Music on Broadway
as Self