Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) is a musician noted for creating a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. Scruggs was born in Shelby, North Carolina to Georgia Lula Ruppe and George Elam Scruggs. Scruggs joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in late 1945 and his syncopated, three-finger picking style quickly became a sensation. Wikipedia
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The legendary Earl Scruggs invented a three-finger style of banjo playing known worldwide as Scruggs Picking, which changed the way the banjo is played. www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=6478
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