Earl Scruggs
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-01-06
Day of Death
2012-03-28 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Earl 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.
Known For
Acting
(2019)
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Give Me the Banjo
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
The Three Pickers
as Self
(2003)
(1993)
(1991)
(1981)
(1972)
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self
(1972)
Bluegrass Country Soul
as Self
(1965)
Country Music on Broadway
as Self
Crew
(1981)
(1974)
Where the Lilies Bloom
Original Music Composer