Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs

Birthday: 1924-01-06

Deathday: 2012-03-28

Place of birth: Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

Also known as: Earl Eugene Scruggs

imdb_id: nm0780184

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 previously been played.

Played in movies:

Opry Video Classics: Pioneers

Score: 10.0

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Score: 10.0

Give Me the Banjo

Score: 7.2

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Score: 7.0

The Three Pickers

Score: 5.7

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

Score: 5.0

The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1

Score: 0.0

Bluegrass Country Soul

Score: 0.0

CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"

Score: 0.0

Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Score: 0.0

Scruggs: A Festival of Music

Score: 0.0

Country Music on Broadway

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Midnight Special

Score: 7.8

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.2

The Beverly Hillbillies

Score: 6.9

Austin City Limits

Score: 6.2

American Music Shop

Score: 0.0