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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 Eugene Scruggs (* 6. Januar 1924 bei Shelby, North Carolina; † 28. März 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee [1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Bluegrass-Musiker. Scruggs galt als Virtuose auf dem Banjo und spielte eine entscheidende Rolle in der Entwicklung des Bluegrass.
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-releas...
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.
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.
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.
29. März 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...
29. März 2012 · Earl Scruggs, the bluegrass banjo player whose hard-driving picking style influenced generations of musicians and helped shape the sound of 20th-century country music with his guitar-strumming...
13. Jan. 2012 · Earl Scruggs died yesterday morning, March 28, 2012. The bluegrass and wider music worlds mourn and celebrate him. Be sure to listen to the example of his music offered immediately after the...
Earl Scruggs. Bluegrass Banjo Player. 1989 NEA National Heritage Fellow. Madison, Tennessee. Photo by Tom Pich. Bio. Earl Scruggs was born January 6, 1924, near Shelby, North Carolina, in an area known as the Flint Hill community. His father, George Elam Scruggs, was a banjo player and fiddler, but Earl's memories of him are vague.
