Earl Scruggs

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Biography

Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924, Shelby, North Carolina-died March 28, 2012, Nashville, Tennessee) was a musician noted for creating a banjo style (now called Scruggs style and also formerly known as the three-finger style) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.

Scruggs joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in late 1945 and his syncopated, three-finger picking style quickly became a sensation. In 1948 Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt left Monroe’s band and formed Flatt And Scruggs. In 1969, Flatt and Scruggs broke up and Scruggs started a new band, the Earl Scruggs Revue, featuring several of his sons.

Top Tracks

1	Foggy Mountain Breakdown	28
2	I Saw The Light	27
3	Foggy Mountain Breakdown - 2001 Earl Scruggs & Friends Version	21
4	Earl's Breakdown	12
4	Blue Ridge Mountain Blues	12
6	Jingle Bells	10
7	Ring Of Fire	9
8	Nashville Skyline Rag	8
9	Flint Hill Special	7
9	Lonesome And A Long Way From Home	7
11	Foggy Mountain Rock/ Foggy Mountain Special - Medley	5
12	Country Comfort	4
12	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms	4
12	Pike County Breakdown	4
12	Flint Hill Special (Newport Folk Festival, 1959)	4