People
Earl Scruggs
- Name: Earl Scruggs
- Birthday: 1924-01-06
- Also known as: Earl Eugene Scruggs
- Place of birth: Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
- Popularity: 1.728
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self (archive footage) | 2019-08-30 |
| Give Me the Banjo as Self | 2011-11-04 |
| Opry Video Classics: Pioneers as Self (archive footage) | 2007-11-21 |
| The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 as Self | 2007-03-27 |
| CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" as Self | 2003-12-03 |
| The Three Pickers as Self | 2003-07-15 |
| Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music as Self | 1993-05-31 |
| High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self | 1991-01-01 |
| The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies as Self | 1981-10-06 |
| Bluegrass Country Soul as Self | 1972-07-01 |
| Scruggs: A Festival of Music as Self | 1972-06-01 |
| Country Music on Broadway as Self | 1965-11-05 |
