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Lester Flatt

Lester Flatt

Born: 1914-06-19 • Overton County, Tennessee, USA

Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in The Foggy Mountain Boys (popularly known as "Flatt and Scruggs").

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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Filmography
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music poster
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019 • Self (archive footage)
That's Bluegrass poster
That's Bluegrass
2013 • Self
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers poster
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007 • Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 poster
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
2007 • Self
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music poster
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
1991 • Self (archive footage)
Country Music on Broadway poster
Country Music on Broadway
1965 • Self