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Earl Scruggs (06 Jan 1924 - 28 Mar 2012)

Male Person - United States

Releases (9)

Official

Album

  1. Dueling Banjos 1973
  2. Dueling Banjos / Live At Kansas State 2000
  3. Earl Scruggs and Friends 28 Aug 2001
  4. I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends 2005
  5. Nashville's Rock 2009

Album - Live

  1. Classic Bluegrass Live: 1959-1966 13 Aug 2002
  2. The Ultimate Collection / Live at the Ryman

Album - Compilation

  1. The Essential Earl Scruggs 02 Mar 2004
  2. Earl Scruggs, Family & Friends 2005

Relationships (10)

Member Of

  1. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (1945 - 1948)
  2. The Foggy Mountain Boys guitar, banjo
  3. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
  4. The Earl Scruggs Revue

Married

  1. Louise Scruggs (Apr 1948 - 02 Feb 2006)

Siblings

  1. Junie Scruggs
  2. Horace Scruggs

Children

  1. Steve Scruggs
  2. Randy Scruggs
  3. Gary Scruggs

Recordings by (82)

  1. Lonesome Ruben ?:?? (1971)
  2. Foggy Mountain Breakdown (30-Second Excerpt From His Moratorium Appearance) ?:?? (1971)
  3. String Bender 3:11 (1973)
  4. Peking Fling 2:11 (1973)
  5. Just Joshin' 1:55 (1973)
  6. Dueling Banjos 3:05 (1973)
  7. John Hardy 2:55 (1973)
  8. Flint Hill Special 2:24 (1973)
  9. Randy Lynn Rag 2:41 (1973)
  10. Fireball Mail 2:14 (1973)
  11. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 2:55 (1995)
  12. Cumberland Gap 1:22 (1998)
  13. Foggy Mountain Breakdown (20-Second excerpt From His Moratorium Appearance) 1:51 (14 Nov 2000)
  14. Black Mountain Blues 2:44 (2000)
  15. Fire Ball Mail 2:18 (2000)
  16. T For Texas 4:14 (2000)
  17. Bound In Jail All Night Long (Paul & Silas) 2:44 (2000)
  18. Rambling 'Round Your City (Ramblin' Round) 3:56 (2000)
  19. Sally Gooding 3:59 (2000)
  20. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 3:42 (2000)
  21. Carolina Boogie 2:42 (2000)
  22. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven 5:20 (2000)
  23. You Ain't Going Nowhere 2:22 (2000)
  24. Both Sides Now 3:10 (2000)
  25. Good Woman's Love 3:06 (2000)
  26. Bugle Call Rag 2:29 (2000)
  27. Foggy Mountain Breakdown 3:29 (2000)
  28. Earl’s Breakdown 2:34 (16 Oct 2001)
  29. Doin' My Time 4:28 (15 Jul 2003)
  30. Earl's Breakdown 3:43 (15 Jul 2003)
  31. Jingle Bells 2:44 (21 Oct 2003)
  32. I Saw the Light 3:44 (02 Mar 2004)
  33. We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart 3:13 (02 Mar 2004)
  34. American‐Made, World‐Played 2:42 (02 Mar 2004)
  35. Till the End of the World Rolls Round 2:59 (28 Sep 2004)
  36. Nine Pound Hammer ?:?? (2005)
  37. The Last Thing on My Mind ?:?? (2005)
  38. The Streamlined Cannonball ?:?? (2005)
  39. Nothing to It ?:?? (2005)
  40. On Top of Old Smokey ?:?? (2005)
  41. Black Mountain Rag ?:?? (2005)
  42. Lonesome and a Long Way From Home 2:37 (2005)
  43. Silver Wings 3:29 (2005)
  44. It's a Picture From Life's Other Side 3:40 (2005)
  45. Motherless Child Blues 4:31 (2005)
  46. Some of Shelley's Blues 2:47 (2005)
  47. Never Ending Song of Love 2:46 (2005)
  48. Rock Salt and Nails 3:23 (2005)
  49. The Banks of the Ohio 3:30 (2005)
  50. Ring of Fire 2:15 (2005)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Mansions for Me 3:15 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (24 May 1947) banjo
  2. Mother’s Only Sleeping 3:18 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (24 May 1947) banjo
  3. Will You Be Loving Another Man? 2:53 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (14 Jul 1947) banjo
  4. Blue Yodel No. 4 3:06 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (14 Jul 1947) banjo
  5. Blue Moon of Kentucky 3:04 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (22 Sep 1947) banjo
  6. How Will I Explain About You? 2:55 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (03 Nov 1947) banjo
  7. Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong 2:48 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (12 Apr 1948) banjo
  8. My Rose of Old Kentucky 2:57 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (12 Apr 1948) banjo
  9. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling 2:59 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (12 Jul 1948) banjo
  10. Little Cabin Home on the Hill 3:00 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (12 Jul 1948) banjo
  11. Summertime Is Past and Gone 2:55 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (1948) banjo
  12. When You Are Lonely 2:46 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (Jan 1949) banjo
  13. It’s Mighty Dark to Travel 2:53 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (Jan 1949) banjo
  14. Along About Daybreak 3:07 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (18 Jul 1949) banjo
  15. Heavy Traffic Ahead 2:52 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (18 Jul 1949) banjo
  16. I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky 2:57 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (12 Sep 1949) banjo
  17. Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) 2:45 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (12 Sep 1949) banjo
  18. Blue Grass Breakdown 2:18 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (1949) banjo
  19. Toy Heart 2:46 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (1949) banjo
  20. Foggy Mountain Breakdown 2:40 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (15 Mar 1950) banjo
  21. Foggy Mountain Special 2:03 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) banjo
  22. Blue Ridge Cabin Home 2:56 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) banjo
  23. It Won’t Be Long 2:32 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) guitar
  24. Flint Hill Special 2:46 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) banjo
  25. Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy 2:44 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) guitar
  26. Your Love Is Like a Flower 2:36 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) banjo
  27. Earl’s Breakdown 3:00 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) banjo
  28. Some Old Day 2:30 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) banjo
  29. Randy Lynn Rag 2:05 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys (1957) banjo
  30. Reunion in Heaven 2:52 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) guitar
  31. You Are My Flower 2:45 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo
  32. Sally Ann 2:10 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo
  33. Lonesome Road Blues 2:01 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo
  34. Sally Goodwin 2:11 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo
  35. Forsaken Love 2:27 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) guitar
  36. Pickin’ in the Wildwood 2:18 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) guitar
  37. Worried Man Blues 2:02 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo
  38. The Storms Are on the Ocean 2:46 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) guitar
  39. False‐Hearted Lover 2:23 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) guitar
  40. Cripple Creek 2:07 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo
  41. Little Darlin', Pal of Mine 1:55 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo
  42. Cumberland Gap 1:54 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) banjo

Vocals

  1. I’m Traveling On and On 2:36 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (26 Jan 1948) baritone vocals
  2. Shine Hallelujah Shine 2:33 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (26 Jan 1948) baritone vocals
  3. Little Community Church 2:46 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (25 Oct 1948) baritone vocals
  4. That Home Above 2:54 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (25 Oct 1948) baritone vocals, bass vocals
  5. Reunion in Heaven 2:52 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) baritone vocals
  6. It Won’t Be Long 2:32 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1957) baritone vocals
  7. Foggy Mountain Top 2:26 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) baritone vocals
  8. Forsaken Love 2:27 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1961) baritone vocals

Credited as (86)

  1. Earl Scruggs
  2. Earl Scruggs & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  3. Earl Scruggs & Hylo Brown & The Timberliners
  4. Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall
  5. Earl Scruggs with Gary Scruggs
  6. Earl Scruggs with Joan Baez
  7. Earl Scruggs with Doc Watson
  8. Earl Scruggs with Bob Dylan
  9. Earl Scruggs with Gil Trythall
  10. Earl Scruggs with The Byrds
  11. Earl Scruggs with The Morris Brothers
  12. Earl Scruggs with Randy Scruggs
  13. Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs
  14. Flatt & Scruggs with Doc Watson
  15. Earl Scruggs & John McEuen
  16. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. June Carter Cash & Earl Scruggs
  17. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Earl Scruggs
  18. The Chieftains feat. Earl Scruggs
  19. Tony Trischka feat. Earl Scruggs
  20. Bryan Sutton feat. Earl Scruggs
  21. Shawn Colvin feat. Earl and Randy Scruggs
  22. Randy Scruggs feat. Earl Scruggs & Jerry Douglas
  23. Earl Scruggs feat. Elton John
  24. Earl Scruggs feat. Dwight Yoakam
  25. Earl Scruggs feat. Billy Bob Thornton
  26. Earl Scruggs feat. Gary Scruggs & Travis Tritt
  27. Earl Scruggs feat. Melissa Etheridge
  28. Earl Scruggs feat. Sting
  29. Earl Scruggs feat. Glen Duncan, Randy Scruggs, Steve Martin, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Gary Scruggs, Albert Lee, Paul Shaffer, Jerry Douglas & Leon Russell
  30. Earl Scruggs feat. Randy Scruggs
  31. Earl Scruggs feat. Vince Gill & Rosanne Cash
  32. Earl Scruggs feat. John Fogerty
  33. Earl Scruggs feat. Don Henley & Johnny Cash
  34. Earl Scruggs feat. Marty Stuart
  35. Lacy J. Dalton feat. Earl Scruggs
  36. Byron Berline feat. Bill Monroe & Earl Scruggs
  37. IIIrd Tyme Out with Earl Scruggs
  38. Earl Scruggs feat. Bob Dylan
  39. Marty Stuart & Earl Scruggs
  40. Earl Scruggs, Glen Duncan & Randy Scruggs
  41. Earl Scruggs with Linda Ronstadt
  42. Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives feat. Josh Graves & Earl Scruggs
  43. Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt & Dwight Yoakam
  44. Earl Scruggs With Family and Friends
  45. Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs with Alison Krauss
  46. Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs with Ensemble
  47. Johnny Cash with Earl Scruggs
  48. Johnny Cash with Earl Scruggs, Jack Elliott & New Riders of the Purple Sage
  49. Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs, James Cotton, Marc & Ann Savoy
  50. Flatt & Scruggs
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Works (36)

Previous Attribution

  1. Who Will Sing for Me

Wrote

  1. Don't Get Above Your Raising
  2. I'm Lonesome and Blue
  3. If I Should Wander Back Tonight
  4. Hundred Years From Now
  5. Some Old Day
  6. Down the Road
  7. My Cabin in Caroline
  8. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
  9. I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home
  10. So Happy I'll Be
  11. God Loves His Children
  12. Your Love Is Like a Flower
  13. A Lover's Farewell
  14. Give Me Flowers While I'm Living
  15. Thinking About You
  16. Cold Cold Loving
  17. Ninety-Nine Years
  18. The Legend of the Johnson Boys
  19. Don’t This Road Look Rough and Rocky
  20. He Took Your Place
  21. Someone You Have Forgotten

Composed

  1. Nashville Blues
  2. Ground Speed
  3. Foggy Mountain Chimes
  4. Saiskos pluvan?
  5. Pick Along
  6. Ruebin's Train / Foggy Mountain Breakdown
  7. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
  8. Randy Lynn Rag
  9. Fireball
  10. Earl’s Breakdown
  11. Foggy Mountain Rock
  12. Flint Hill Special
  13. Somehow Tonight

Lyrics

  1. Somehow Tonight

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2005

Links (13)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.earlscruggs.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82096233/
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82096233

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/692197

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780184/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/42026602

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74032

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4198

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/7487

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/1052

Biographies

  1. http://www.flatt-and-scruggs.com/earlbio.html

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/scruggs_earl/artist.jhtml
  2. http://www.rounder.com/artist/default.aspx?aid=98175