Earl Scruggs

Overview

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Birthday
Jan 06, 1924 (101 years old)
Death date
Mar 28, 2012

Earl Scruggs

Known For

Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
1h 56m
Movie 2019

Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and hear from dozens of musicians who explain the ways bluegrass music transcends generational, cultural and geographic boundaries.

Give Me the Banjo
1h 30m
Movie 2011

Give Me the Banjo

The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that chronicle the journey of America’s quintessential instrument—the banjo—from its African roots to the 21st century. It’s a collaboration between Emmy-winning writer-producer Marc Fields and banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka (the Project’s Music Director), one of the most acclaimed acoustic musicians of his generation.

American Music Shop
1h 0m
TV Show 1990

American Music Shop

Taped at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee, this 1990-1993 music show featured a different country artist each week.

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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