Person
Earl Scruggs
Acting · 1924–2012 · Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Austin City Limits
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
The Beverly Hillbillies
Self
The Midnight Special
Self
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
Self
Where the Lilies Bloom
Original Music Composer
Give Me the Banjo
Self
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Self (archive footage)
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Self
Filmography
- 2019Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass MusicSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Give Me the BanjoSelf
- 2007Opry Video Classics: PioneersSelf (archive footage)
- 2007The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1Self
- 2003CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"Self
- 2003The Three PickersSelf
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Musical Guest
- 1993Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass MusicSelf
- 1992High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass MusicSelf
- 1990American Music ShopSelf
- 1981The Return of the Beverly HillbilliesSelf
- 1975Austin City LimitsSelf
- 1974Where the Lilies BloomOriginal Music Composer
- 1972The Midnight SpecialSelf
- 1972Bluegrass Country SoulSelf
- 1972Scruggs: A Festival of MusicSelf
- 1965Country Music on BroadwaySelf
- 1962The Beverly HillbilliesSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
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