Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs (born Earl Eugene Scruggs January 6, 1924 in Flint Hill, North Carolina) created a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is one of the defining characteristics of bluegrass. He joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in late 1945 and his syncopated, three-finger picking style quickly became a sensation. In 1948 he left Monroe's band and formed Flatt and Scruggs with guitarist Lester Flatt, who had also just left the Blue Grass Boys. In 1968, Flatt and Scruggs broke up and Scruggs started a new band, the Earl Scruggs Revue, featuring several of his sons.

Discography

• Changin' Times (1969)
• Nashville Airplane (1970)
• Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends (1972)
• I Saw the Light (1972)
• Live at Kansas State (1972)
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
• Dueling Banjos (1973)
• Earl Scruggs Revue (1973)
• Rockin' 'Cross the Country (1973)
• Earl Scruggs Revue 2 (1976)
• Family Portrait (1976)
• Live From Austin City Limits (1977)
• Strike Anywhere (1977)
• Bold & New (1978)
• Today & Forever (1979)
• Flatt & Scruggs (1982)
• Storyteller & the Banjo Man (1982)
• The Story Teller & the Banjo Man (1982)
• Top of the World (1983)
• Superjammin' (1984)
• Earl Scruggs and Friends (2001)
• Three Pickers (2003)