Earl Scruggs (banjo genius) Interview in 2002
World famous banjo player Earl Scruggs stops in to talk about everything from the beginning to 2002. You will hear a lot of great stories about the world of music and what it took to be a famous banjo genius. How he and Lester Flatt made it happen back in the day.
About Earl Scruggs
Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played. This new style of playing became popular and elevated the banjo from its previous role as a background rhythm instrument to featured solo status. He popularized the instrument acro...
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