Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs

Real Name:
Earl Eugene Scruggs
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Earl Scruggs was an American banjo player and musician, noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger style (now called Scruggs style) on the 5-string banjo that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.
He was born January 6, 1924 in Shelby, North Carolina,
died March 28, 2012 at the age of 88 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys, The - Songs Of The Famous Carter Family (LP)

Columbia 1961

5-String Banjo Instruction Album

(LP, Album)
Earl Scruggs & Sons, Inc. 1967

Nashville's Rock

(LP)
Columbia 1970

I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends

(LP, Album)
Columbia 1972

Dueling Banjos

(LP, Album)
Columbia 1973

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs And Foggy Mountain Boys, The - Flatt & Scruggs 1958-1959 (LP, Album)

Collector's Classics 1974

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs And Foggy Mountain Boys, The - The Vintage Years Vol. 1 (LP, Album)

Collector's Classics 1976

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs And Foggy Mountain Boys, The - The Vintage Years Vol. 2 (LP, Album)

Collector's Classics 1976

Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys* With Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs - The Original Bluegrass Band (LP)

Rounder Records 1978

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys, The - Blue Ridge Cabin Home (LP, Album)

Columbia 1978

Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall - The Storyteller And The Banjoman (LP)

Columbia 1982

Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Boys, The - Martha White Biscuit Time (LP, Album)

Radio Gems 1984

American Made - World Played

(LP, Album)
Columbia 1984

Singles & EPs

Lonesome Ruben

(7", Promo, Mono)
Columbia 1971

Tom T. Hall & Earl Scruggs - There Ain't No Country Music On This Jukebox (7", Promo)

Columbia 1982

Sittin' On Top Of The World

(7", Promo, W/Lbl)
Columbia 1982

Compilations

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Foggy Mountain Boys, The - The Golden Years (2 versions)

County Records, CBS Special Products 1977

Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966

(CD, Comp)
Vanguard 2002

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