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Commercially released 78 rpm recordings and radio transcriptions featuring Lester Flatt (1914-1979), Anglo-American bluegrass guitarist and singer from Sparta, Tenn., and Earl Scruggs (1924- ), Anglo-American bluegrass banjo player from Flint Hill, N.C., and their band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. The live recordings appear to be from a radio show on WSM, Nashville, Tenn.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Foggy Mountain Boys

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Flatt, Lester, 1914-1979

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Bluegrass musician. Born June 14, 1914. Died May 11, 1979. Full name: Lester Raymond Flatt. Guitarist and lead singer for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, 1945-early 1948. In 1948 teamed with Earl Scruggs to form the Foggy Mountain Boys. In 1969 ended his professional association with Earl Scruggs and formed Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass. Member, International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame. From the description of Oral history interview with L...

WSM (Radio station : Nashville, Tenn.)

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Scruggs, Earl

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Influential banjo player and bluegrass pioneer. Born January 6, 1924. Full name: Earl Eugene Scruggs. Important musical innovator, his thumb-and-two-finger banjo picking style became an essential building block of bluegrass. Member, Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1948. Performed as Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, 1948-1969. In 1969 he formed the Earl Scruggs Revue with his sons. Member, International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame. ...