Earl Scruggs (1924 - 2012)

Born:
January 6, 1924 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

Died:
March 28, 2012(age 88)

About:
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.