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.
Earl Scruggs
Actor · Born 6 Jan 1924, Cleveland County
Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called…
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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.
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- Born6 January 1924
- Died28 March 2012 (aged 88)
- BirthplaceCleveland County, North Carolina, USA
- Known forActing
- GenderMale
- Also known asEarl Eugene Scruggs
- Popularity1.0TMDB score
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Movies 13
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Give Me the Banjo
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
The Three Pickers
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
50 Years of Country Music
Bluegrass Country Soul
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Country Music on Broadway
TV 6
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- Born
- 6 January 1924
- Died
- 28 March 2012
- Birthplace
- Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
- Known for
- Acting
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