Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs (88)

1924-01-06 - 2012-03-28 | 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.

On Movies

  • The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
  • CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
  • The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
  • Country Music on Broadway

On Series

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