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Flatt, a traditionalist, did not like these changes, and the group broke up in 1969. [2] Following the breakup, Lester Flatt founded the Nashville Grass and Scruggs led the Earl Scruggs Revue. Flatt died of heart failure in Nashville, Tennessee, May 11, 1979 at the age of 64. [3] Scruggs died from natural causes on March 28, 2012 in a Nashville ...
Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) ... the theme for the network television series The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s. ...
Songs of Glory is a studio album by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys. It was released in 1960 by Columbia Records, catalog numbers CL 1424 (mono) and CS 8221 (stereo). [1] [2] The album was released before Billboard magazine began maintaining its Top Country Albums chart in 1964. It was part of Louise Scruggs ...
"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" is the theme song for the television series The Beverly Hillbillies and the later movie of that name, providing the introductory story for the series. The song was composed by Paul Henning, and recorded first by bluegrass musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, with Jerry Scoggins
Strictly Instrumental (Doc Watson, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs album), 1967 Strictly Instrumental (Bill Haley & His Comets album) , 1959 Topics referred to by the same term
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Owen wrote the album "Flatt & Scruggs and Watson play with a startling fluidity — these instrumentals are so rich and skillful that vocals would have been superfluous. For lovers of instrumental bluegrass, this album is a must-hear."
The Tennessean named Flatt, the coach on its All-Legends Team, a compilation of the greatest Nashville area high school football players from 1960-2019. "He simplified the game for his kids in a ...
Flatt and Scruggs at Carnegie Hall! is a live album by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. It was recorded on December 8, 1962, at the first bluegrass concert ever performed at Carnegie Hall. [ 2 ] It was released in 1963 by Columbia Records (catalog number CL 2045).