Earl Scruggs: Bluegrass Banjo Pioneer Dies at 88

Earl Scruggs was an American banjo player. Born on January 6, 1924, in Flint Hill, North Carolina, he developed a three-finger picking style.

With Lester Flatt he formed Flatt and Scruggs, who recorded "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett." The song "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" also was used in the film Bonnie and Clyde.

He won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985. Scruggs died in Nashville on March 28, 2012, at age 88.

Achievements: Four Grammy Awards, Country Music Hall of Fame (1985).

Birth: January 6, 1924 - Flint Hill, North Carolina.

Profession: Banjoist.

Interesting Facts: His three-finger style is known as Scruggs style.