Earl Scruggs
Known for ActingBorn 1924-01-06 — died 2012-03-28Cleveland 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
Give Me the Banjo
2011 · as Self
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981 · as Self
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007 · as Self (archive footage)
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019 · as Self (archive footage)
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
1972 · as Self
The Three Pickers
2003 · as Self
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
2003 · as Self
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993 · as Self
Country Music on Broadway
1965 · as Self
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
1992 · as Self
Bluegrass Country Soul
1972 · as Self
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
2007 · as Self