1981Nominee
Best Performance
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Earl Scruggs
Actor
Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
January 6, 1924
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2019Nominee
Best Performance
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
1993Winner
Best Performance
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Career Highlights
2011Highlight
Best Performance
Give Me the Banjo
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Where the Lilies Bloom
Video
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Where the Lilies Bloom