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.

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Iris Dement / Greg Brown / Red Wine / Loudon Wainwright III / The Infamous Stringdusters / Darrell Scott / Riders In the Sky / Ricky Skaggs / Justin Townes Earle / Maura O'connell / Iron & Wine / Tea Leaf Green / Ben Kweller / Heavy Trash / The Opera Dukes / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bill Kirchen / Poor Man's Whiskey / Pegi Young / The Wronglers / Emmylou Harris / The Waybacks / Moonalice / Gogol Bordello / Kevin Welch / Kieran Kane / Fats Kaplin / Jon Langford / Heidi Clare & AtaGallop / Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Alison Brown / Bill Evans String Summit / Hazel Dickens / Earl Scruggs Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 03, 2008 –
Oct 05, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Justin Townes Earle / Robert Earl Keen / Loudon Wainwright III / Richard Thompson / Iron & Wine / Tea Leaf Green / Jerry Jeff Walker / Asleep At the Wheel / Elvis Costello / Iris Dement / Tift Merritt / Dave Alvin / MC Hammer / Greg Brown / Odetta / Del McCoury Band / Mike Farris / Gogol Bordello / Earl Scruggs / Tony Rice / Mickey Hart / Heavy Trash / Steve Earle / Carlene Carter / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Waco Brothers / Ben Kweller / Riders In the Sky / Bad Livers / Maura O'connell / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Emmylou Harris / Hot Rize / Moonalice / Hazel Dickens / The Desert Rose Band / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Bill Kirchen / Jon Langford / Sharon Little / Laurie Lewis / Joe Purdy / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Waybacks / Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch And Fats Kaplin / Poor Man's Whiskey / Nick Lowe / Ruby Jane / John Jorgenson Quintet / Pegi Young / Red Wine / Guy Clark With Verlon Thompson / Los Cenzontles / Alison Brown Quartet / The Wronglers / Cyndi Harvell / Peter Rowan And The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Jerry Douglas Band / Sons And Brothers / Samantha Robichaud / Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / Darrell Scott Band / Global Drum Project / Marty Willson-piper With the Mood Maidens / The Infamous Stringdusters / the Gourds / Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Show all bands
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Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Aug 31, 2008
"Four Corners Folk Festival" / Ollabelle / Crooked Still / The Infamous Stringdusters / Earl Scruggs / The Belleville Outfit

Four Corners Folk Festival

Reservoir Hill Park Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States
Aug 17, 2008
Havelock Country Jamboree
"Havelock Country Jamboree" / Connie Smith / mickey gilley / South Mountain / Madison Kozak / Earl Scruggs / Jason D. Williams
Havelock Country Jamboree Festival Grounds Havelock, Ontario, Canada
Jul 11, 2008
"Vancouver Island Musicfest" / The Wailers / Eneida Marta / Earl Scruggs / The Higgins / Kobo Town

Vancouver Island Musicfest

Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
Jun 26, 2008
Earl Scruggs / The Infamous Stringdusters Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, United States
May 03, 2008
Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival
"Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival" / Rascal Flatts / The Judds / Dierks Bentley / Dwight Yoakam / Taylor Swift / The Greencards / Jypsi / Dan Tyminski / Waddie Mitchell / Sam Bush / Earl Scruggs / Cross Canadian Ragweed / Bucky Covington / Luke Bryan / Crystal Shawanda / Riders In the Sky / kentucky headhunters / J.D. Crowe & The New South / Cherryholmes / Red Steagall / Ryan Bingham / Hayes Carll / Cowboy Troy Show all bands
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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Oct 21, 2007
The Charlie Daniels Band / Earl Scruggs Bangor Auditorium & Civic Center Bangor, Maine, United States
Oct 19, 2007
The Charlie Daniels Band / Earl Scruggs Palace Theatre Albany, New York, United States
Oct 17, 2007
"CMJ Music Marathon" / Earl Scruggs

CMJ Music Marathon

B.B. King Blues Club New York, New York, United States
Oct 07, 2007
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Jim Lauderdale / The Sadies / The Mother Hips / Pete Wernick / Heartless Bastards / Fats Kaplin / Ray Wylie Hubbard / Doc Watson / Jody Stecher & Bill Evans / Steve Young / Del McCoury Band / Red Wine / Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men / Jorma Kaukonen / The Wronglers / Hazel Dickens / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Charlie Louvin / Kieran Kane / Mekons / Hot Buttered Rum / Earl Scruggs / Steep Canyon Rangers / Moonalice / David Olney / Emmylou Harris / Poor Man's Whiskey / David Grisman / Kevin Welch / Flexigrass / Hacienda Brothers / Railroad Earth / Marley's Ghost / Kane, Welch, & Kaplin / David Grisman Bluegrass Experience / Bill Kirchen / Ned Sublette / The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams / Richard Watson / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Bill Callahan Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Jun 21, 2007
Earl Scruggs Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Oct 15, 2006
Earl Scruggs The Birchmere Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Oct 14, 2006
Earl Scruggs Sellersville Theater 1894 Sellersville, Pennsylvania, United States
Oct 13, 2006
Earl Scruggs B.B. King Blues Club New York, New York, United States
Oct 07, 2006
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Kemo Sabe / The Opera Dukes / Jerry Douglas / Allison Moorer / Danny Barnes / Stairwell Sisters / The Devil Makes Three / Verlon Thompson / Billy Bragg / Guy Clark / Steve Earle / The Austin Lounge Lizards / Laurie Lewis / Joe Craven / Pine Leaf Boys / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Barbary Coast Cloggers / Scott Miller / Kelly Willis / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Jeffrey Luck Lucas / Todd Snider / Chatham County Line / Bill Evans / Alison Brown / Earl Scruggs / Annie & The Vets / The Avett Brothers / Tony Trischka / Sally Timms / Heidi Clare & AtaGallop / Etienne DeRocher / t Bone Burnett / Gillian Welch / Jon Langford / rico bell / Bruce Robison Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Jul 30, 2006
RockyGrass
"RockyGrass" / Earl Scruggs / Sam Bush / Abigail Washburn / Blue Highway / Darrell Scott / Tim O'Brien / The Wilders
Planet Bluegrass Ranch Lyons, Colorado, United States
Jul 28, 2006 –
Jul 30, 2006
Rockygrass Festival
"RockyGrass" / Uncle Earl / Jerry Douglas / Mountain Heart / Yonder Mountain String Band / Bearfoot / Darol Anger's Republic Of Strings / Crooked Still / Steve Earle And The Bluegrass Dukes / Darrell Scott Bluegrass Band / Manzanita Band / Earl Scruggs / Sam Bush Bluegrass Band / Tony Trischka Bluegrass Band featuring Roland White / Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet / Douglas, Barenberg & Meyer / The Infamous Stringdusters / Blue Highway / Abigail Washburn / The Wilders / The Tim O'Brien Band Show all bands
Planet Bluegrass Ranch Lyons, Colorado, United States
Mar 21, 2006
Earl Scruggs The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, D.C., United States
Oct 01, 2005
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" / Ana Egge / Joan Baez / The Knitters / Patty Griffin / Hot Rize / Darrell Scott / The Austin Lounge Lizards / Del McCoury Band / Earl Scruggs / Todd Snider / Los Super Seven / Michael Fracasso / Steve Earle / J.D. Crowe & The New South / Laurie Lewis / Rodney Crowell / Robert Earl Keen / Doc Watson / shawn camp / Gillian Welch / Rosanne Cash / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Kelly Joe Phelps / Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez / Buddy Miller Show all bands
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Speedway Meadow @Golden Gate Park 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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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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Merlefest on Apr 30, 1999 [767-small]

Merlefest
Apr 30 - May 2, 1999
 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
  Uploaded by Jeff Ridinger

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Earl Scruggs had?

Earl Scruggs has had 69 concerts.

What genre is Earl Scruggs?

Earl Scruggs is most often considered to be Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass, Banjo, Instrumental Bluegrass, Appalachian Folk, and Country Blues.

When was the last Earl Scruggs concert?

The last Earl Scruggs concert was on November 05, 2011 at Royce Hall Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States.

What setlist does Earl Scruggs play live?

The songs that Earl Scruggs performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 03, 2010 concert at Banjo Stage, Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, United States:

  1. Sitting on Top of the World
  2. Foggy Mountain Top
  3. Orange Blossom Special
  4. Step It Up and Go
  5. The Ballad of Jed Clampett
  6. Foggy Mountain Breakdown

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