Earl Scruggs
Acting
88 years oldCleveland County, North Carolina, USABiography
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Earl Eugene Scruggs
Movies (13)
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.2
Give Me the Banjo
as Self
2011
10.0
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
as Self
2007
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
as Self
2003
5.7
The Three Pickers
as Self
2003
10.0
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1993
7.0
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1991
4.8
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
1981
5.8
Where the Lilies Bloom
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1974
Bluegrass Country Soul
as Self
1972
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self
1972
Country Music on Broadway
as Self
1965
