Artist: Earl Scruggs

Aliases

Earl Scruggs with Special Guests
The Earl Scruggs Revue

Born

January 6, 1924

Died

March 28, 2012

Country

United States

Comments

Country and bluegrass banjo and guitar player. Scruggs popularized three-finger style of banjo playing that became associated with bluegrass music.

Member of

Family

Louise Certain Wife
Randy Scruggs Son

Performances

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
1	Are My Thoughts With You?	The Earl Scruggs Revue	1973	Mickey Newbury
2	Banks of the Ohio	Earl Scruggs with Special Guests	1972	Ernest V. Stoneman
3	Hey Porter	Earl Scruggs	1975	Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
4	I Saw the Light	Earl Scruggs	1972	Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
5	Jingle Bells	Earl Scruggs	October 21, 2003	Edison Male Quartette
6	Keep on the Sunny Side	Randy Scruggs with Earl Scruggs & Doc Watson	September 13, 1994	The Carter Family
7	Love Is Just a Four Letter Word	Earl Scruggs with Joan Baez	October 1971	Joan Baez
8	Never Ending Song of Love	Earl Scruggs with Special Guests	1972	Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
9	Nine Pound Hammer	Earl Scruggs	October 1971
10	Propinquity	Earl Scruggs with Special Guests	1972	The Monkees
11	Ring of Fire	Earl Scruggs with Linda Ronstadt	1972	Anita Carter
12	Rita Ballou	Earl Scruggs	1976	Guy Clark
13	Rock, Salt and Nails	Earl Scruggs with Linda Ronstadt	1972	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
14	Shackles and Chains	Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall	April 30, 1982	Jimmie Davis
15	Single Girl, Married Girl	Shawn Colvin with Earl and Randy Scruggs	2004	The Carter Family - Kelly Harrell
16	Some of Shelly's Blues	Earl Scruggs with Special Guests	1972	Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys
17	Streamlined Cannonball	Earl Scruggs with Doc Watson	October 1971	Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
18	The Last Thing on My Mind	Earl Scruggs with Doc Watson	October 1971	Tom Paxton
19	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Earl Scruggs with The Byrds	October 1971	Bob Dylan & The Band

	Title	Written by	Covered by
1	Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs	(2 artists)
2	Down the Road	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs	(2 artists)
3	Foggy Mountain Chimes	Earl Scruggs	The Larry Stephenson Band

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Anniversary Special	Earl Scruggs	1975	Columbia
2	The Earl Scruggs Revue	The Earl Scruggs Revue	1973	Columbia
3	The Earl Scruggs Revue, Volume II	Earl Scruggs	1976	Columbia
4	His Family and Friends	Earl Scruggs	October 1971	Columbia
5	I Saw the Light With Some Help From My Friends	Earl Scruggs with Special Guests	1972	Columbia
6	The Storyteller and the Banjo Man	Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall	April 30, 1982	Columbia

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	A Very Special Acoustic Christmas	various artists	October 21, 2003	Lost Highway
2	Red Hot + Country	various artists	September 13, 1994	Mercury Nashville
3	The Unbroken Circle - The Musical Heritage of The Carter Family	various artists	2004	Dualtone