Earl Scruggs
Also Known As: Earl Eugene Scruggs
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Birthday: January 06, 1924
Deathday: March 28, 2012
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Give Me the Banjo
Overview: The Banjo Project is a cross-media cultural odyssey: a major television documentary, a live stage/multi-media performance, and a website that chronicle the journey of America’s quintessential instrument—the banjo—from its African roots to the 21st century. It’s a collaboration between Emmy-winning writer-producer Marc Fields and banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka (the Project’s Music Director), one of the most acclaimed acoustic musicians of his generation.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-04
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The Three Pickers
Overview: For one historic evening, American music legends Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs joined forces as The Three Pickers, to film a concert for public television. The music they made before a North Carolina audience is as relaxed as a front porch picking session. Informed by the skill and good humor of the three master musicians who contributed so much to the creation and evolution of bluegrass music. With special guest Alison Krauss.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-15
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The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Overview: Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for their Beverly Hills neighborhood they still cannot adjust to.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-06
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Country Music on Broadway
Overview: A country music show comes to Broadway with the only big screen appearance of the legendary Hank Williams.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-05
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High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Overview: Longtime fans of bluegrass music and those only recently discovering it will appreciate this documentary on the genre, which was born of a combination of African and Celtic sounds and is the base of American country music. This film traces the musical form from its Appalachian roots to the present. The rise, fall, and consistent revival of bluegrass chronicled through oral history and visual record, resulting in a priceless film that even casual fans are sure to enjoy.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Overview: No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as did Bill Monroe with bluegrass. BILL MONROE: FATHER OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC features performances by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, John Hartford and a once-in-a-lifetime Blue Grass Boys reunion featuring Del McCoury, Chubby Wise and Bill Keith. The film features archival footage and rare 1990s performances from Monroe's final years including many of the greatest songs from his six decades of recording.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-31
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Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Overview: Musical documentary records Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Scruggs' son Randy, Doc Watson and his son Merle playing and singing together in informal settings. Also includes performances by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Byrds and others
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Overview: The Carter Family, Roy Acuff and the Sons of the Pioneers belong to a select group of the earliest and most successful country recording artists. Pioneers spotlights them all doing such signature songs as Keep On the Sunny Side, Wabash Cannonball and Tumbling Tumbleweeds, alongside the influential blue-grass bands of Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs. And when Grandpa Jones stomps through Good Old Mountain Dew, you won't be able to sit down.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-21
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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Overview: Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and hear from dozens of musicians who explain the ways bluegrass music transcends generational, cultural and geographic boundaries.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
Overview: CMT's "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" at The Wildhorse saloon in Nashville on December 3. The program will be shown on CMT throughout December. Appearing with Earl are Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Glen Duncan, Rob Ickes, Jon Randall and Harry Stinson. Other guests on the program are Marty Stuart, Rhonda Vincent, Pat Green and Tift Merritt.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-03
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Bluegrass Country Soul
Overview: Capturing the sights, sounds, and magic of Carlton Haney’s 1971 Labor Day Festival in Camp Springs, North Carolina; a three-day outdoor festival—the first of its kind—featuring bluegrass veterans and future stars alike sharing the primitive wood and cinder block stage. More than just capturing one of the largest bluegrass festivals of that decade, this documentary is also an interesting mixture of live performances, interviews, impromptu jam sessions and crowd footage of live music set in a small town surrounded by the now long gone red clay and tobacco shacks of North Carolina.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-01
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The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
Overview: Flatt & Scruggs are one of the most popular and respected bluegrass bands of all time. Along with Bill Monroe, they propelled this great style into a widely successful and artistically praised musical format. They were star attractions at the Grand Ol' Opry for many years. The performances in these DVD showcase Flatt & Scruggs in their prime with their group the Foggy Mountain Boys playing many of their most famous songs.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-27
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