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 …

Earl Scruggs (born January 6, 1924, Flint Hill, North Carolina, U.S.—died March 28, 2012, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American bluegrass banjoist who is celebrated as the …

Considered “The Father of Bluegrass Music,” Earl Scruggs was born and raised in the mountains of North Carolina - Cleveland County, to be exact. Mastering the banjo at an early age, …

Earl Eugene Scruggs, the most influential and imitated banjo player in the world, was born on a forty-acre cotton farm in the little Flint Hill community of Cleveland County on January 6, 1924. …

Mar 28, 2012 · He was an important figure in the birth of the bluegrass genre, and also brought his artistry to the fields of country, folk, and rock, to college campuses, and to television and …

May 23, 2025 · Earl Scruggs was more than just a banjo player—he was a musical revolutionary. With his groundbreaking three-finger picking style, Scruggs transformed the banjo from a …

George Elam Scruggs died when Earl was only four years old. "Due to his eight month illness prior to his death, I never remembered his picking although I do remember him," Earl says. …

In 2008, he was awarded a lifetime achievement Grammy. Despite occasional health setbacks, Scruggs continued to play. Scruggs was recording and performing up until his death at age 88 …

Earl Eugene Scruggs was a renowned bluegrass banjo musician from North Carolina. He was born in the Flint Hill community near Shelby, N.C. on January 6, 1924. His father, mother, and …

By the age 10, Scruggs had invented the basic syncopation that, superimposed on the older three-finger technique, was to become known as "Scruggs-style" banjo. As a teenager, …