Earl Scruggs

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.

Known for

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Give Me the Banjo

2011 ⭐ 7.2

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Opry Video Classics: Pioneers

2007 ⭐ 10.0

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Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

1993 ⭐ 9.5

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High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music

1992 ⭐ 7.0

Career timeline

2019

Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Self (archive footage) · 2019

2011

Give Me the Banjo Notable

Self · 2011

⭐ 7.2

2007

Opry Video Classics: Pioneers Notable

Self (archive footage) · 2007

⭐ 10.0

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

Self · 2007

2003

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

Self · 2003

1993

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music Notable

Self · 1993

⭐ 9.5

1992

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music Notable

Self · 1992

⭐ 7.0

1981

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

Self · 1981

⭐ 5.8

1972

Bluegrass Country Soul

Self · 1972

1965

Country Music on Broadway Notable

Self · 1965

⭐ 9.0

Frequently appears with

Béla Fleck

Self

Dom Flemons

Self

Rhiannon Giddens

Self

Mike Seeger

Self

Roy Acuff

Self (archive footage)

Eddy Arnold

Self (archive footage)

Lester Flatt

Self (archive footage)

Grandpa Jones

Self (archive footage)

Bill Monroe

Self (archive footage)

Full filmography

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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

2019

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Give Me the Banjo

2011 ⭐ 7.2

HD

Opry Video Classics: Pioneers

2007 ⭐ 10.0

HD

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

2007

HD

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

2003

HD

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

1993 ⭐ 9.5

HD

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music

1992 ⭐ 7.0

HD

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

1981 ⭐ 5.8

HD

Bluegrass Country Soul

1972

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Country Music on Broadway

1965 ⭐ 9.0