Lester Flatt
Birthday: 1914-06-19 | Place of Birth: Overton County, Tennessee, USALester 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acting
Year
Title
Role
2013
That's Bluegrass
as Self
1991
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
1965
Country Music on Broadway
as Self
