Earl Scruggs
Acting
January 6, 1924 — March 28, 2012Cleveland 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.
Known for
Acting18
movieBig Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieOpry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007
Self (archive footage)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Musical Guest
Sound2
movieWhere the Lilies Bloom
1974
Original Music Composer