Earl Scruggs

Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1924
Died: March 28, 2012
Birthplace: 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.

Filmography

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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Give Me the Banjo 2011
as Self
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers 2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 2007
as Self
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" 2003
as Self
The Three Pickers
The Three Pickers 2003
as Self
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music 1993
as Self
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music 1992
as Self
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies 1981
as Self, Music
50 Years of Country Music 1978
as Self
Where the Lilies Bloom 1974
Original Music Composer
Bluegrass Country Soul 1972
as Self
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Scruggs: A Festival of Music 1972
as Self
Country Music on Broadway 1965
as Self

Credits from TMDB.