Earl Scruggs (born January 6, 1924, Flint Hill, North Carolina) earned a place in the history of Bluegrass and Country Music as the developer of a unique instrumental style that helped to popularize the five-string banjo. During his early teens Scruggs experimented with and eventually perfected a picking technique involving the thumb and first two fingers of the right hand—a technique that came to be called the “Scruggs style.” In December 1945, he joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys. In 1948 S

March 28th: Honoring the Legendary Earl Scruggs On this day in 2012, we lost a true pioneer of country and bluegrass music—Earl Scruggs. His impact on the genre is immeasurable, forever changing the way the banjo is played. Scruggs rose to fame when Bill Monroe hired him to play in the Blue Grass Boys, but it was with Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys that he became a household name. His revolutionary three-finger picking style, now known as “Scruggs style,” brought speed, precision, a