Earl Scruggs
Acting
Born January 6, 1924 — Died March 28, 2012
From Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Also known as Earl Eugene 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 prev...
Filmography
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
2019
Give Me the Banjo
Self
20117.2
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Self (archive footage)
200710.0
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
Self
2007
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
Self
2003
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The Three Pickers
Self
20035.7
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Self
19939.5
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self
19927.0
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Self
19815.8
Bluegrass Country Soul
Self
1972
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Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Self
1972
Country Music on Broadway
Self
19659.0