Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 06, 1924
Died
Mar 28, 2012
Place of Birth
Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Credits
19 titles
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
Filmography
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
Give Me the Banjo
Self
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
Self
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
Self
The Three Pickers
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Self
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self
American Music Shop
Self
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Self
Austin City Limits
Self
Where the Lilies Bloom
Original Music Composer
The Midnight Special
Self
Bluegrass Country Soul
Self
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Self
Country Music on Broadway
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self