Earl Scruggs
1924-01-06 (1924)Cleveland County, North Carolina, USAActing
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
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
The Midnight Special
TV • 1972
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
MOVIE • 2007
Give Me the Banjo
MOVIE • 2011
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
MOVIE • 2019
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
MOVIE • 1981
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
MOVIE • 2003
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
MOVIE • 1993
Country Music on Broadway
MOVIE • 1965
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
MOVIE • 1991
Bluegrass Country Soul
MOVIE • 1972
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
MOVIE • 2007