Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs

Birthday: 1924-01-06

Place of Birth: Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

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.

Movies

Give Me the Banjo
Give Me the Banjo

The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/mu...

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The Three Pickers
The Three Pickers

For one historic evening, American music legends Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs joined f...

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The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for thei...

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Country Music on Broadway
Country Music on Broadway

A country music show comes to Broadway with the only big screen appearance of the legendary Hank Wil...

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High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Longtime fans of bluegrass music and those only recently discovering it will appreciate this documen...

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Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as did Bill Monroe with bluegrass. BILL MONR...

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Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Scruggs: A Festival of Music

Musical documentary records Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Scruggs' son Randy, Doc Watson and his son Me...

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Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers

The Carter Family, Roy Acuff and the Sons of the Pioneers belong to a select group of the earliest a...

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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and h...

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CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"

CMT's "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" at The Wildhorse saloon in Nashville on December 3. The pr...

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Bluegrass Country Soul
Bluegrass Country Soul

Capturing the sights, sounds, and magic of Carlton Haney’s 1971 Labor Day Festival in Camp Springs, ...

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The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1

Flatt & Scruggs are one of the most popular and respected bluegrass bands of all time. Along with Bi...

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