Earl Scruggs Quotes


You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.


Citations

Goodman, Frank. "An Interview with Earl Scruggs." Puremusic, vol. 6, Sept. 2001.

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Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
  • Born: January 6, 1924
  • Died: March 28, 2012
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Musician

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 across several genres of music.