Earl Scruggs

Born: 6th of January 1924

Died: 28th of March 2012 (aged 88)

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.