TrueGrass Flashcards

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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.
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Flat & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

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1948-1969

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Earl Scruggs

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3-finger banjo picking style, now called “Scruggs style”

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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

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Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show

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TV Series 1955-1969

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Famous Flatt & Scrugg Songs

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Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Flint Hill Special
Cripple Creek
Blue Ridge Cabin Home

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