Snuffy Jenkins
Musician · 1908–1990
Snuffy Jenkins was an American banjo player, a key influence on the development of three-finger bluegrass banjo.
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- Born DeWitt Jenkins in 1908 in Harris, North Carolina.
- Was one of the first three-finger banjo players to perform on radio, beginning in the 1930s.
- Moved to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1939 and had a 50-year partnership with the fiddler Pappy Sherrill, leading the band the Hired Hands.
- Was a direct influence on Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, and Ralph Stanley. He died in 1990.
