Earl Scruggs
Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1924
Died: March 28, 2012
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.
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Filmography
13 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
7.2
Give Me the Banjo
2011
10.0
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007
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The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
2007
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CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
20035.7
The Three Pickers
2003
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
9.5
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993
7.0
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
19927.0
American Music Shop
1990
5.8
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
6.3
Austin City Limits
1975
5.9
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
8.1
The Midnight Special
1972
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Bluegrass Country Soul
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Scruggs: A Festival of Music
1972
9.0
Country Music on Broadway
1965
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961