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Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) 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.
Earl Scruggs and his "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." This clip is the famous Banjo Finale from the movie "Bluegrass Country Soul," released in 1972 and re-released in a Golden Anniversary Edition...
Earl Scruggs (born January 6, 1924, Flint Hill, North Carolina, U.S.—died March 28, 2012, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American bluegrass banjoist, the developer of a unique instrumental style that helped to popularize the five-string banjo.
Earl’s refined musicianship electrified audiences, radically redefined old-time and string band music, and forever changed the perception of the 5-string banjo in modern music. His way of picking became known around the world as “Scruggs style” and it spread rapidly.
Mar 29, 2012 · Earl Scruggs, the virtuoso banjo player, died on March 28 at the age of 88. Musicians, including Steve Martin, celebrated his legacy by playing his signature songs.
Apr 17, 2010 · First recorded on December 11, 1949, by the bluegrass artists Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, he first released his instrumental March 15, 1950.
Earl Scruggs, once compared to violinist Niccolo Paganini, not only pioneered the three-finger banjo but played it to standards of taste and technique unmatched by thousands of disciples over seven decades.
Jan 6, 2022 · Banjo legend Earl Scruggs was the inventor of the banjo-pickin' "Scruggs style". Here are some of his most memorable performances.
Mar 29, 2012 · Banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped define the sound of bluegrass, died Wednesday morning. Scruggs, who began playing the banjo when he was four years old, just after his father died, and...
Mar 29, 2012 · And finally, this hour, we remember Earl Scruggs, the master of the five-string banjo, who has died at age 88. As a young man, he created his own style of fingerpicking on the banjo...
