01/06/1924
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.
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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music (2019) as Self (archive footage) |
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Give Me the Banjo (2011) as Self |
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Opry Video Classics: Pioneers (2007) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 (2007) as Self |
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CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" (2003) as Self |
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The Three Pickers (2003) as Self |
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Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music (1993) as Self |
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High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (1991) as Self |
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The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981) as Self |
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Bluegrass Country Soul (1972) as Self |
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Scruggs: A Festival of Music (1972) as Self |
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Country Music on Broadway (1965) as Self |
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The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981) Music |
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Where the Lilies Bloom (1974) Original Music Composer |