Lester Flatt
Bluegrass, Musical Artist
1914 – 1979
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Who was Lester Flatt?
Lester Raymond Flatt was a bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the The Foggy Mountain Boys.
Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, breaking out as a member of Bill Monroe's band during the 1940s and including multiple solo and collaboration works exclusive of Scruggs. He first reached a mainstream audience through his performance on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network television hit The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1914
Duncan's Chapel - Also known as
- Flatt, Lester
- Lester Raymond Flatt
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Tennessee
- Died
- May 11, 1979
Nashville
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on July 23, 2013
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