born: 6 January 1924, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
died: 28 March 2012
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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Biography Earl Scruggs
Age: 88
born: 6 January 1924 , Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
died: 28 March 2012
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.