Earl Scruggs

Brief Facts:

Songs:

• Foggy Mountain Breakdown
• The Ballad of Jed Clampett

with:

• Lester Flatt

in duo:

• Flatt & Scruggs

Invented the three-finger roll on the banjo.
Joined the group:

• Blue Grass Boys

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame 1991.
Country Music Hall of Fame 1985.
North Carolina Music Hall of Fame 2009.
National Medal of Arts 1992.
Grand Ole Opry.
American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame 2014.
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007 as a member of Flatt & Scruggs.
Hollywood Walk of Fame:
A star at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the recording industry; ceremony: 13 February 2003.