What key details about earl scruggs can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: earl eugene scruggs -lrb- january 6 , 1924 -- march 28 , 2012 -rrb- was an american musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style -lrb- now called '' scruggs style '' -rrb- that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music . although other musicians had played in three-finger style before him , scruggs shot to prominence when he was hired by bill monroe to fill the banjo slot in his group , the blue grass boys . he later reached a mainstream audience through his performance of '' the ballad of jed clampett '' , the theme for the network television hit '' the beverly hillbillies '' , in the early 1960s .
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- instrument is 5-string banjo , guitar- years active is 1945 -- 2012- birth name is earl eugene scruggs- birth date is 6 january 1924- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- associated acts is bill scruggs , earl scruggs revue monroe 's blue grass boys , flatt and- landscape is yes- caption is earl scruggs in 2005 .- death date is 28 march 2012- genre is bluegrass , country , gospel- name is earl scruggs- death place is nashville , tennessee , united states- birth place is cleveland near boiling springs , nc , u.s. county , north carolina -- flint hill community- origin is shelby , north carolina , united states- image is earl scruggs 2005.jpg- occupation is bluegrass artist- notable instruments is a and snuffy jenkins , and '' nellie '' , a 1934 1935 gibson rb-3 flathead gibson granada previously owned by don reno- label is mca nashville records