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Bookmark or Share- Earl Scruggs - WikipediaEarl 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. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously ...
- Earl Scruggs | Bluegrass banjo, Country music, Folk musicEarl 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.
- Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Pioneer, Dies at 88 - The New York TimesMarch 29, 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...
- Earl Scruggs: A Lifetime With The Banjo : The Record : NPRBanjo 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...
- About Earl Scruggs - Earl Scruggs CenterEven though Earl passed away on March 28, 2012, you can hear the echoes of his sparkling Scruggs-style sound in many genres of modern music. His incredible contributions solidify his place as an American icon and musical legend, and his music continues to inspire.
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