TrueGrass Flashcards
(6 cards)
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Lester Raymond Flatt
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1914 - 1979 Born in Tennessee Guitarist for Flatt & Scruggs Also Mandolinist Member of Bill Monroe's band during the 1940s, started Foggy Mountain Boys, then started Nashville Grass after Flat & Scruggs split.
2
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Flat & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
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1948-1969
3
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Earl Scruggs
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3-finger banjo picking style, now called “Scruggs style”
4
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How did Lester flat first reach a mainstream audience?
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His performance on “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”, theme for The Beverly Hillbillies
5
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Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show
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TV Series 1955-1969
6
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Famous Flatt & Scrugg Songs
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Flint Hill Special
Cripple Creek
Blue Ridge Cabin Home