Earl Scruggs
1924-01-06THE 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.
ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES
Give Me the Banjo
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The Three Pickers
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The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
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High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
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Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
⭐ 10Scruggs: A Festival of Music
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Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
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CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
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Bluegrass Country Soul
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The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
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