Earl Scruggs
- Birthday: 1/6/1924
- Deathday: 3/28/2012
- Place of birth: Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
- Fame for: Acting
- 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.