Earl Scruggs

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

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Beverly Hillbillies

Austin City Limits

The Midnight Special

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

All Movies (12)

• Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Give Me the Banjo2011 · as Self
• Opry Video Classics: Pioneers2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 12007 · as Self
• CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"2003 · as Self
• The Three Pickers2003 · as Self
• Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music1993 · as Self
• High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music1992 · as Self
• The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies1981 · as Self
• Bluegrass Country Soul1972 · as Self
• Scruggs: A Festival of Music1972 · as Self
• Country Music on Broadway1965 · as Self

All TV Shows (6)

• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Musical Guest
• American Music Shop1990 · as Self
• Austin City Limits1975 · as Self
• The Midnight Special1972 · as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self