Earl Scruggs Concert History

Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924, Shelby, North Carolina-died March 28, 2012, Nashville, Tennessee) was a musician noted for creating a banjo style (now called Scruggs style and also formerly known as the three-finger style) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.

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Earl Scruggs Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Jan 06, 2024
Earl Scruggs / Jerry Douglas / The Earls of Leicester / Del McCoury Band / Alison Brown / Sam Bush / Béla Fleck / Jeff Hanna / Sierra Hull / Justin Moses / Bryan Sutton / Tony Trischka / Stuart Duncan / Abigail Washburn
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Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Nov 05, 2011
Earl Scruggs Royce Hall Auditorium Los Angeles, California, United States
Oct 01, 2011
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Merle Haggard / Earl Scruggs / Reckless Kelly / Gillian Welch / Guy Clark / Buckethead / Ricky Skaggs / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Greensky Bluegrass / The Band of Heathens / A.A. Bondy / Punch Brothers / Ruthie Foster / Broken Social Scene / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Hugh Laurie / Patty Griffin / Sarah Elizabeth Campbell / Robyn Hitchcock / The Wronglers / Alison Brown / Cass McCombs / The Belle Brigade / Steve Earle / Allison Moorer / Nell Robinson / Jim Nunally / Robert Earl Keen / Seamus Kennedy / Verlon Thompson / otis clay / Chick Rodgers / Allofasudden / Kris Kristofferson / Ryan Bingham / The Flatlanders / Robert Plant Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 30, 2011 –
Oct 02, 2011
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011
Joe Ely / The Flatlanders / Robert Plant / Dark Star Orchestra (Tribute to Grateful Dead) / Chris Isaak / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Abigail Washburn / Ricky Skaggs / Elbow / Robert Earl Keen / Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Seldom Scene / A.A. Bondy / Conspiracy of Beards / Earl Scruggs / Dive Bar Dukes / Frank Fairfield / Thurston Moore / Seamus Kennedy / Bill Orcutt / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Belle Brigade / Wendy Bird / Emmylou Harris / Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally & Their All-star Band / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Cass McCombs / South Memphis String Band / Kieran Kane / Alison Brown Quartet / Punch Brothers / Southern Culture On The Skids / Jolie Holland / Gillian Welch / Del McCoury Band / Blame Sally / Justin Townes Earle / P.M.W. / Mekons / Buddy Miller / Jessica Lea Mayfield / North Mississippi Allstars / Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven / Hot Buttered Rum / The Low Anthem / The Felice Brothers / The Mother Hips / Jonathan Wilson / Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer / The Band of Heathens / The Swanson Family Band / Those Darlins / Robyn Hitchcock / The Wiyos / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / Simon Joyner / Broken Social Scene / Charlie Musselwhite / Bill Kirchen / Patty Griffin / Joe Purdy / Reckless Kelly / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & the Wronglers / Bright Eyes / John Prine / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / The Devil Makes Three / The Black Lillies / The Jayhawks / Béla Fleck / David Bromberg Quartet / Devotchka / Woods / Gomez / Kris Kristofferson / Bob Mould / Ollabelle / MC Hammer / Moonalice / Over the Rhine / Irma Thomas / M. Ward / Allofasudden / Greensky Bluegrass / Dr. John & The Lower 911 / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / Buckethead / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / River Whyless / Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin / Fitz and the Tantrums / Steve Earle & The Dukes / Band of Joy Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 16, 2011
Earl Scruggs / Olivia Smiley The Palladium Carmel, Indiana, United States
Sep 13, 2011
"Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration" / Doc Watson / Earl Scruggs

Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration

International Bluegrass Music Museum Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Sep 12, 2011
"Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration" / Doc Watson / Earl Scruggs

Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration

International Bluegrass Music Museum Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
Jul 30, 2011
Earl Scruggs

Newport Folk Festival

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Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Mar 13, 2011
Earl Scruggs Newberry Opera House Newberry, South Carolina, United States
Mar 11, 2011
Earl Scruggs Paramount Theater Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Oct 17, 2010
Earl Scruggs Newberry Opera House Newberry, South Carolina, United States
Oct 03, 2010
Hazel Dickens / Earl Scruggs / Doc Watson & David Holt / The Del McCoury Band / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival

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Banjo Stage, Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 01, 2010 –
Oct 03, 2010
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2010
Rosanne Cash / Keller & The Keels / Margot Leverett / Del Mccoury / Michael McDonald / Punch Brothers / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Yonder Mountain String Band / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang / Boz Scaggs / Evie Ladin / David Olney & Sergio Webb / The Ebony Hillbillies / The Felice Brothers / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / Blue Highway / T-Bone Burnett / Doc Watson And David Holt / Kinky Friedman / Carolyn Wonderland / Moonalice / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Subdudes / Lucero / Jon Langford / Anderson Family Bluegrass / Jerry Jeff Walker / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Nathaniel Rateliff / The Band of Heathens / The Flatlanders / Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin / Citigrass / Mondo Cane / Hazel Dickens / Emmylou Harris / James McMurtry / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / The Wronglers / Magnolia Sisters / The Clinch Mountain Boys / The Waybacks / Wendy Bird / Kevin Welch / Gillian Welch / Dave Alvin / Skip Gorman / Del McCoury Band / Guy Clark / Jenny and Johnny / Randy Newman / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Railroad Earth / The Avett Brothers / Patti Smith / Fountains of Wayne / Steve Earle / Indigo Girls / Joan Baez / Conor Oberst / Umphrey's McGee / Patty Griffin / Robert Earl Keen / Nick Lowe / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Richard Thompson / Martin Sexton / Jonathan Richman / Jackie Greene / Hot Tuna / Buddy Miller / Earl Scruggs / Doc Watson / David Grisman Quintet / Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes / The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue / Kelly Willis / Peter Himmelman Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Aug 22, 2010
"Bohemian Nights At New West Fest" / Great American Taxi / The Photo Atlas / Earl Scruggs

Bohemian Nights At New West Fest

Downtown Fort Collins Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Jul 28, 2010
Earl Scruggs / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rhonda Vincent Black Oak Mountain Amphitheater Lampe, Missouri, United States
Jul 22, 2010
Earl Scruggs / Sarah Jarosz Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Nov 07, 2009
Earl Scruggs / The Henhouse Prowlers Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois, United States
Oct 04, 2009
Earl Scruggs Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 02, 2009 –
Oct 04, 2009
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009
Joe Ely / The Flatlanders / Del McCoury Band / Robert Earl Keen / The Duhks / Tim O'Brien Band / austin lounge lizards / Elvis Perkins In Dearland / Marty Stuart / Steve Earle / Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands / MC Hammer / Earl Scruggs / Gillian Welch / Rodney Crowell / Buddy Miller / Kevin Welch / Eliza Gilkyson / Moonalice / Doc Watson And David Holt / Pamela Rose With Wild Women / Hayes Carll / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Marshall Crenshaw / World Party / Mavis Staples / Elizabeth Cook / Malo / Reckless Kelly / The Chieftains / Dar Williams / Natalie MacMaster / Rosie Flores / Great American Taxi / Red Wine / Roger Knox / Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin / Hazel Dickens / DR. MAGPIE / Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock / Old Crow Medicine Show / Kimmie Rhodes / Darrell Scott Band / Billy Joe Shaver / The Fireants / Great American Tax / Abalone Dots / The Wronglers / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / The Brothers Comatose / Claire Lynch / Billy Bragg / Jessica Lea Mayfield / Nick Lowe / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Odcdance / The Barefoot Nellies / Allen Toussaint / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue / The Knitters / Neko Case / Okkervil River / Aimee Mann / Emmylou Harris / Boz Scaggs / John Prine / Amadou & Mariam / Little Feat / Old 97's / Marianne Faithfull / Todd Snider / Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman / Robyn Hitchcock / Booker T / Jorma Kaukonen / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Richie Haven Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Aug 13, 2009
Earl Scruggs / Greensky Bluegrass Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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Merlefest on Apr 27, 2001 [656-small]

Merlefest
Apr 27 - 29, 2001
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Merlefest on Apr 30, 2004 [063-small]

Merlefest
Apr 30 - May 2, 2004
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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The Doobie Brothers / Earl Scruggs on Nov 29, 1974 [505-small]

The Doobie Brothers / Earl Scruggs
Nov 29, 1974
 Landover, Maryland, United States
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Merlefest on Apr 30, 1999 [767-small]

Merlefest
Apr 30 - May 2, 1999
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 on Oct 2, 2009 [234-small]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009
Oct 2 - 4, 2009
 San Francisco, California, United States
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The Doobie Brothers / Earl Scruggs on Nov 29, 1974 [946-small]

The Doobie Brothers / Earl Scruggs
Nov 29, 1974
 Landover, Maryland, United States
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Genres:

Folk
Country
Bluegrass
Newgrass
Progressive Bluegrass
Christian Bluegrass
Classic Country
Country Blues
Banjo
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  5. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
  6. Foggy Mountain Special
  7. Bound In Jail All Night Long (Paul & Silas)
  8. Orange Blossom Special
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