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Earl Scruggs
Also Known As: Earl Eugene Scruggs
Birth Date
January 6, 1924
Death Date
March 28, 2012
(passed away at 88)
Place of Birth
Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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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.
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The Mike Douglas Show
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1961 • 1 episode
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993 • 1 episode
The Beverly Hillbillies
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1962 • 7 episodes
Austin City Limits
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1975 • 2 episodes
The Midnight Special
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1972 • 1 episode
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
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1981
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
2019
Give Me the Banjo
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2011
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Self (archive footage)
2007
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
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2003
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
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1993
American Music Shop
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1990 • 1 episode
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
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1972
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
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1992
Bluegrass Country Soul
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1972
The Three Pickers
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2003
Country Music on Broadway
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1965
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
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2007
50 Years of Country Music
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1978