Earl Scruggs
Born: 1924-01-06 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Died: 2012-03-28
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2019
- Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Give Me the Banjo as Self
2007
- The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 as Self
- Opry Video Classics: Pioneers as Self (archive footage)
2003
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Musical Guest
- Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music as Self
1991
1990
- American Music Shop as Self
1981
1975
- Austin City Limits as Self
1974
- Where the Lilies Bloom ... (Original Music Composer)
1972
- The Midnight Special as Self
- Bluegrass Country Soul as Self
- Scruggs: A Festival of Music as Self
1965
- Country Music on Broadway as Self
1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies as Self