Earl Scruggs
Born
January 6, 1924
Died
March 28, 2012 (88 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2019
Give Me the Banjo
Self
7.2
2011
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Self (archive footage)
10.0
2007
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
Self
0.0
2007
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
Self
0.0
2003
The Three Pickers
Self
5.7
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
7.2
1993
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Self
10.0
1993
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self
7.0
1991
American Music Shop
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1990
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Self
5.0
1981
Austin City Limits
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
1975
The Midnight Special
Self · (1 episode)
7.8
1972
Bluegrass Country Soul
Self
0.0
1972
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Self
0.0
1972
Country Music on Broadway
Self
0.0
1965
The Beverly Hillbillies
Self · (7 episodes)
6.8
1962