Earl Scruggs
January 6, 1924 (101 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2019 ·Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Musicas Self (archive footage)
- 2011 ·Give Me the Banjoas Self
- 2007 ·Opry Video Classics: Pioneersas Self (archive footage)
- 2007 ·The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1as Self
- 2003 ·CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"as Self
- 2003 ·The Three Pickersas Self
- 1993 ·Late Night with Conan O'Brienas Self - Musical Guest
- 1993 ·Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Musicas Self
- 1991 ·High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Musicas Self
- 1990 ·American Music Shopas Self
- 1981 ·The Return of the Beverly Hillbilliesas Self
- 1975 ·Austin City Limitsas Self
- 1972 ·The Midnight Specialas Self
- 1972 ·Bluegrass Country Soulas Self
- 1972 ·Scruggs: A Festival of Musicas Self
- 1965 ·Country Music on Broadwayas Self
- 1962 ·The Beverly Hillbilliesas Self