Earl Scruggs

Actor

Born: January 6, 1924 (88 years old)

Died: March 28, 2012

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (7)

• Give Me the Banjo (2011, ★ 7.2)
• The Midnight Special (1972, ★ 8.1)
• High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (1991, ★ 7)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1962, ★ 6.9)
• The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981, ★ 5.8)
• Austin City Limits (1975, ★ 6.3)
• Where the Lilies Bloom (1974, ★ 5.9)