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Earl Scruggs

American musician
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... Wikipedia
Born: January 6, 1924, Cleveland County, NC
Died: March 28, 2012 (age 88 years), Nashville, TN
Music groups: Flatt and Scruggs (1948 – 1970) and The Blue Grass Boys (1945 – 1948)
Spouse: Louise Scruggs (m. 1948–2006)