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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.
But when Earl Scruggs, sitting on his porch in North Carolina, grabbed his guitar picks and started to strum–creating the crisp twangs we know today–he changed bluegrass forever.
In the early'90s, he appeared regularly with Lonesome Standard Time at Hendersonville's Bell Cove Club. The venerable picker played mandolin on Pam Tillis' 1994 CD Sweetheart's Dance .
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Oct 7, 2019 · After it was over, Earl shut himself in a bedroom to calm down and began picking “Lonesome Ruben” on his banjo. The boy had played banjo in a family of musicians since he was 4, the same year his banjo-picking father, George Scruggs, died.
Apr 26, 2007 · Earl Scruggs talked with me about those first days on television. Mr. EARL SCRUGGS (Host, "The Flatt and Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show"): On TV show, it would be late in the day, like 6:30 to 7:00.
Apr 16, 2012 · They flailed with their fingers and hands to play chords. But when Earl Scruggs, sitting on his porch in North Carolina, grabbed his guitar picks and started to strum--creating the crisp twangs we know today--he changed bluegrass forever. Banjo playing would not be what it is without Scruggs, who died March 28 at 88.
