Scruggs, Earl
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Influential 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 | Alice Gerrard Collection, 1954-2000 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
creatorOf | Allen, Red. JEMC Bluegrass Collection, 1954-1965. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
referencedIn | Brown, Paul, 1952-. Paul Brown collection, 1950-1999. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
creatorOf | Flatt and Scruggs. Coupon from Flatt and Scruggs, 1966 August 20. | University of Virginia. Library | |
creatorOf | Flatt, Lester. Collection, n.d. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
referencedIn | Green, Archie. Archie Green papers, 1944-2009. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | John Edwards memorial collection, 1948-1968. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
referencedIn | John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | Mike Seeger Collection, circa 1950s-2008, (bulk 1955-2002) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
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associatedWith | Brown, Paul, 1952- |
associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. |
associatedWith | Flatt and Scruggs. |
associatedWith | Flatt, Lester. |
associatedWith | Gerrard, Alice, 1934- |
associatedWith | Green, Archie. |
associatedWith | Green, Douglas B.; |
associatedWith | Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996. |
associatedWith | Scruggs, Earl; |
associatedWith | Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009. |
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Birth 1924-01-06
Death 2012-03-29
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