Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
Earl Eugene Scruggswas an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking stylethat is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth6 January 1924
CityCleveland County, NC
CountryUnited States of America
soil north-carolina carolina
My music came up from the soil of North Carolina,
moving play two
Earl Scruggs wears two finger picks and a thumb pick, and by alternating them, he can play about as fast as he wants. So it's this action. You know, you couldn't move one finger that fast, but all three, it's pretty easy, and it's kind of an incredible leap.
bags ifs
If you don't let things develop, it's like keeping something in a bag and not letting it out to fly
american-musician interest kept
I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road.
american-musician boys great passed raised
She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.
closed job played sax tent
He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
few gigs home job played regular saxophone worked
I worked with a guy, I can't think of his name, him and his wife, and one of them had a saxophone and the other played drums. It wasn't a regular job but I did a few gigs around home with them.
I like drums, really, if they're under control.
I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
past light shining
You can’t encore the past. If I see a bright light shining out there, I want to go toward it.
giving littles pay
I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
book awards feminist
Adrienne Rich was one of the most widely-read and influential poets of her time, a leading feminist, known especially for her politically-engaged verse. Her best-known volume, "Diving into the Wreck," won the National Book Award in 1973.
past play guy
I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.
fashion guy three
Earl Scruggs is the guy who really made that leap with using three fingers in a rotating fashion to create this fast rippling sound that had never been heard before.