Earl Scruggs

Born

1924-01-06

Died

2012-03-28

Birthplace

Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

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.