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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Role Title Holding Repository
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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Bluegrass music
Bluegrass musicians
Country music
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Birth 1924-01-06

Death 2012-03-29

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