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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.

Birthday

1924-01-06

Place of birth

Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

Death day

2012-03-28