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jenkins-predecessor · adams-place2013-classic-banjo
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- adams-place2013-classic-banjo
- Claim ID
- jenkins-predecessor
- Assertion
- Earl Scruggs popularized the three-finger picking style among bluegrass fans and young folk enthusiasts, but the style did not originate with him. Snuffy Jenkins of North Carolina, who learned from his neighbors Smith Hammett and Rex Brooks, played it before Scruggs and influenced him; Ralph Stanley and Don Reno also cited Jenkins as their source. Mike Seeger's 1956 Folkways album American Banjo Tunes and Songs in Scruggs Style was the first bluegrass LP.
- Quote
In 1956, Mike Seeger recorded and produced the first bluegrass LP, American Banjo Tunes and Songs in Scruggs Style. ... Scruggs popularized the three-finger picking style that caught on with bluegrass fans and young folk song enthusiasts, and while many thought the style originated with him, it did not. One of the most important players to pre-date (and influence) Scruggs in that three-finger style was Dewitt “Snuffy” Jenkins (1908–90). In addition to Scruggs, and as a testament to Jenkins's importance, both Ralph Stanley (Rosenberg 1985) and Don Reno (liner notes to Rounder 0005) cite Snuffy as the source of their learning three-finger playing. Coming from North Carolina, Jenkins learned his style of playing from neighbors Smith Hammett and Rex Brooks
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- en
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- page: 29-30
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