Scruggs, Earl
Variant namesInfluential banjo player and bluegrass pioneer. Born January 6, 1924. Full name: Earl Eugene Scruggs. Important musical innovator, his thumb-and-two-finger banjo picking style became an essential building block of bluegrass. Member, Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1948. Performed as Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, 1948-1969. In 1969 he formed the Earl Scruggs Revue with his sons. Member, International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame.
From the description of Oral history interview with Earl Scruggs; 1973 December 29; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1973 Dec. 29. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 62297607
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| referencedIn | John Edwards memorial collection, 1948-1968. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Thompson, Glenn, 1921-. Glenn Thompson collection, 1944-2002. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Scruggs, Earl;. Oral history interview with Earl Scruggs; 1973 December 29; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. | Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center | |
| referencedIn | Brown, Paul, 1952-. Paul Brown collection, 1950-1999. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Southern Folklife Collection artist name files, 1940-2005 (artists R-Z). | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Flatt, Lester. Collection, n.d. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Allen, Red. JEMC Bluegrass Collection, 1954-1965. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Mike Seeger Collection, circa 1950s-2008, (bulk 1955-2002) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Southern Folklife Collection song folios, circa 1882-1983. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Green, Archie. Archie Green papers, 1944-2009. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Flatt and Scruggs. Coupon from Flatt and Scruggs, 1966 August 20. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Scruggs, Earl;. Oral history interview with Earl Scruggs; 1973 December 29; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. | Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Alice Gerrard Collection, 1954-2000 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| creatorOf | Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996. John Edwards memorial collection, 1940s. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| associatedWith | Brown, Paul, 1952- | person |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Flatt and Scruggs. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Flatt, Lester. | person |
| associatedWith | Gerrard, Alice, 1934- | person |
| associatedWith | Green, Archie. | person |
| associatedWith | Green, Douglas B.; | person |
| associatedWith | Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996. | person |
| associatedWith | Scruggs, Earl; | person |
| associatedWith | Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009. | person |
| associatedWith | Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980 | person |
| associatedWith | Thompson, Glenn, 1921- | person |
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Birth 1924-01-06
Death 2012-03-29
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