Earl Scruggs

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

January 6, 1924

Age at death

88

Died

March 28, 2012

From

Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

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.