Earl Scruggs
Actor
- Born
- January 6, 1924 · Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
- Died
- March 28, 2012 (age 88)
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
Give Me the Banjo
November 4, 2011
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
April 1, 1992
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
October 6, 1981
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
May 31, 1993
Country Music on Broadway
November 5, 1965
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
November 21, 2007
50 Years of Country Music
January 22, 1978
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
August 30, 2019
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
December 3, 2003
Bluegrass Country Soul
July 1, 1972
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
March 27, 2007
Acting13
- 2019Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2011Give Me the Banjo as Self
- 2007Opry Video Classics: Pioneers as Self (archive footage)
- 2007The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 as Self
- 2003CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" as Self
- 2003The Three Pickers as Self
- 1993Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music as Self
- 1992High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self
- 1981The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies as Self