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1970s · Folk/Country·1924–2012

Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs connects directly to 11 artists, and through them to at least 23 more acts. The Foggy Mountain Boys' line-up has included Jake Tullock, Hylo Brown and Jim Eanes, among others. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys' line-up has included Eddie Adcock (from 1958), Mac Wiseman and Benny Williams, among others. Jack Lee played in Mother Earth.

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Background

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…via Wikipedia

Career Highlights

6 albums
Born
1924
Active
1924–2012
Listeners
53,873Last.fm
Official site
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Selected Discography

  1. 1970Nashville’s Rock
  2. 1972I Saw the Light With Some Help From My Friends
  3. 1973Dueling Banjos
  4. 1982The Storyteller and the Banjo Man
  5. 1983Top of the World
  6. 2001Earl Scruggs and Friends
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