Chris Scruggs (born December 16, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays a variety of string instruments, including the guitar, the mandolin, the violin, the bass, and the steel guitar. He is the only child of singer Gail Davies and songwriter Gary Scruggs. Born Christopher Alan Davies-Scruggs in 1982, Scruggs is rooted within a musical family. His maternal grandfather is the late country singer Tex Dickerson and his paternal grandfather is bluegrass banjo player. Earl Scruggs,Scruggs joined the country band BR549 in 2002 playing guitar and serving as the co-lead singer. While in the band, he wrote and performed the title track of their 2004 release, Tangled In The Pines. Scruggs remained in BR549 until 2005 when he left the band to pursue a solo career. Scruggs released his first solo album in 2009 on Cogent Records. Entitled Anthem, this album was produced by himself and has 12 songs, 11 of which are written by Scruggs, with one song being written by his uncle, Ron Davies, best known for having penned "It Ain't Easy" for David Bowie.As a side musician, Scruggs has played behind many notable artists including Charlie Louvin, Andrew Bird, Ray Price, Robbie Fulks, Jools Holland, Giant Sand, Peter Noon, Bobby Bare, M. Ward, Michael Nesmith, She & Him, Billy Walker, Suzy Bogguss, and Marty Stuart.
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