Earl Scruggs
Birthday
1924/01/06
Day of death
2012/03/28 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Also know as
Earl Eugene 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.
Acting
(2011) Give Me the Banjo
as Self
(2003) The Three Pickers
as Self
(1981) The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
(1965) Country Music on Broadway
as Self
(1991) High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self
(1993) Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
(1972) Scruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self
(2007) Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
as Self
(1972) Bluegrass Country Soul
as Self
(2007) The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
as Self
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
(1975) Austin City Limits
as Self
(1990) American Music Shop
as Self
(1972) The Midnight Special
as Self