Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs (né le 6 janvier 1924) est un musicien connu pour avoir introduit un nouveau jeu de banjo (appelé le Scruggs style) caractéristique de la musique bluegrass.

Scruggs est né à Shelby, en Caroline du Nord. Il rejoint Bill Monroe et ses Blue Grass Boys en 1945 où son style syncopé, basé sur le picking à trois doigts, fait sensation. En 1948, il quitte le groupe de Bill Monroe avec Lester Flatt pour fonder le groupe des Foggy Mountain Boys. Ils gagnèrent un Grammy Award pour leur titre The Foggy Mountain Breakdown. En 1969, Flatt et Scruggs se séparent, et ce dernier crée de nouveau un groupe, The Earl Scruggs Revue, avec nombre de ses fils.

Scruggs fut introduit dans le Country Music Hall of Fame en 1985 et dans le International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor en 1991. Le 13 février 2003, il reçut une étoile au Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Discographie sélective

  • Foggy Mountain Jamboree (Sony, 1957)
  • Changin' Times (1969)
  • Nashville Airplane (1970)
  • I Saw the Light with Some Help from My Friends (Sony, 1972)
  • Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends (1972)
  • Live at Kansas State (1972)
  • Rockin' 'Cross the Country (1973)
  • Dueling Banjos (CBS, 1973)
  • The Earl Scruggs Revue (1973)
  • Anniversary Special (1975)
  • The Earl Scruggs Revue 2 (1976)
  • Family Portrait (1976)
  • Live from Austin City Limits (1977)
  • Strike Anywhere (1977)
  • Bold & New (1978)
  • Today & Forever (1979)
  • The Story Teller & the Banjo Man (CBS, 1982)
  • Flatt & Scruggs (1982)
  • Top of the World (1983)
  • Superjammin' (1984)
  • Artist's Choice: The Best Tracks (1970-1980) (Edsel - (UK), 1998)
  • Earl Scruggs and Friends (MCA Nashville, 2001)
  • Classic Bluegrass Live: 1959-1966 (Vanguard, 2002)
  • Three Pickers (Rounder Records, 2003)
  • The Essential Earl Scruggs (Legacy Recordings, 2004)

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