Earl Scruggs
Acting
Born January 6, 1924 · Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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.
Films (12)
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
Give Me the Banjo
2011
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
2007
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
2003
The Three Pickers
2003
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
1991
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Bluegrass Country Soul
1972
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
1972
Country Music on Broadway
1965