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Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs

Birthday: 1924-01-06 | 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2011
Give Me the Banjo

as    Self

2003
The Three Pickers

as    Self

1965
Country Music on Broadway

as    Self