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	Lester Flatt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lester Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers of bluegrass music.
		In 1948 he started a band with fellow Monroe alumnus Earl Scruggs, and for the next twenty years Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys were one of the most successful bands in bluegrass.
		Flatt was posthumously made an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lester_Flatt (159 words)

	Foggy Mountain Boys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys were an influential bluegrass band performing and recording the 1950s and 1960s.
		Flatt and Scruggs met as members of Bill Monroe's band, the Blue Grass Boys in 1946.
		Flatt and Scruggs were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flatt_and_Scruggs (348 words)

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		Flatt, who left school at the age of twelve and married at the age of seventeen, began his radio career in 1939 and worked in several bands, including that of Charlie Monroe and his Kentucky Partners, with whom, in 1943, he sang tenor and played guitar and mandolin.
		Along with fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Cedric Rainwater (real name: Howard Watts), Flatt and Scruggs played a crucial role in the development of the sound that later came to be known as “bluegrass”—a name taken from the band’s name.
		The Flatt and Scruggs sound took its definitive form in 1955 with the addition of the Dobro resonator guitar of Buck “Uncle Josh” Graves.
	www.countrymusichalloffame.com /inductees/flatt_scruggs.html (890 words)

	Biography of Lester Flatt
		Lester Flatt was born near Sparta, Tennessee, June 19, 1914.
		Lester and Gladys Flatt moved to Burlington, North Carolina, in the fall of 1940, where Gladys worked for the huge Burlington Industries, and Lester joined veteran entertainer Clyde Moody on WBBB where he sang tenor to Moody and played mandolin with Moody’s band.
		The remainder of the history of Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys is discussed in the Earl Scruggs portion of this chapter.
	www.flatt-and-scruggs.com /lesterbio.html (2200 words)

	Martin & Company > Artists > Clinicians
		Lester Flatt and his wife invited the very young and talented Marty Stuart to live in their home in Nashville when Stuart was launching his career as a teenager.
		Lester Flatt, a native of Sparta, Tennessee, was born in 1914.
		The unique inlays on the original Lester Flatt D-28 were done by historian, author and inlay artist Mike Longworth prior to his long and illustrious career with the Martin Guitar Company.
	www.mguitar.com /artists/famous.php?id=52 (581 words)

	Home of Lester Flatt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A longtime Sparta resident, Lester Flatt was one of the first bluegrass performers to play in Carnegie Hall and was a regular on the Grand Ole Opry.
		A unique monument stands on the historic Liberty Square in Sparta honoring Lester Flatt for his contribution to the music world as one of the Forefathers of the American Bluegrass style of music.
		Flatt was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry and star of radio, television and the movies.
	www.sparta-chamber.net /lesterflatt.htm (266 words)

	Country - The Farmer Boys -> the Flying Burrito Brothers
		Lester Flatt's unique lead guitar style, with its patented G run, and his easygoing, tightlipped vocal style are still much imitated.
		During the period covered by this boxed set, Flatt and Scruggs became the most commercially successful bluegrass of all time; at the same time, forces beyond their control were moving them inexorably toward a breakup that became more inevitable as time went on.
		There is good Flatt and Scruggs music here, but as the the band's chronology draws to a close, there is less and less, and by 1969, when the band finalloy splits, the music on the albums they are producing is hardly recognizable as bluegrass -- but it isn't very good anything else, either.
	www.rootsandrhythm.com /roots/COUNTRY/country_f1.htm (3241 words)

	Lester Flatt Was Born On This Date In 1914
		Lester was born on the date in 1914 near Sparta, Tennessee.
		Lester played guitar and sang what has been called “Bluegrass.” After working several years with Bill Monroe, he teamed up with banjo picking Earl Scruggs, and together they became a potent duo rivaling their previous mentor, Bill Monroe.
		Lester Flatt became very ill in early 1979, spent time in the hospital, and expired May 11, 1979.
	www.tcmradio.com /news/June/June19b.htm (243 words)

	Birthplace of Country Music Alliance - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Flatt contributed solid guitar accompaniment, accentuated with strategically placed runs and his bluesy lead vocals.
		In 1948, Earl and guitarist-singer Lester Flatt left Monroe and became a duo act fronting the Foggy Mountain Boys, consisting initially of Mac Wiseman (guitar, vocals), Jim Eames (guitar, vocals), Jim Shumate (fiddle) and Cedric Rainwater (bass).
		In 1969, the pair went their separate ways, with Flatt pursuing a more traditional sound and Earl going in a different direction with the Earl Scruggs Revue, featuring his own songs and a more Rock-oriented sound.
	birthplaceofcountrymusic.org /index.cgi?...&CONTEXT=cat&cat=10080 (714 words)

	Marty Stuart & Lester Flatt - Bluegrass Unlimited - September 1978
		It is an appropriate number for the lyrics bring to mind a lot of memories the 19-year-old mandolin/guitar player had acquired through his past six years traveling with Lester Flatt.
		Flatt himself commented, "This is only the third trip for me out of Nashville since the first of the year.
		Flatt spoke of his own bluegrass festival held annually at Pinnacle, North Carolina, near Winston-Salem, saying, "This will be the sixth year for it.
	www.martystuart.com /ZArt-Bluegrass-9-78.htm (2010 words)

	Lester Flatt -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lester Flatt -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Lester Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers of (Click link for more info and facts about bluegrass music) bluegrass music.
		A singer and guitarist, he first came to prominence as a member of (Click link for more info and facts about Bill Monroe) Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/le/lester_flatt.htm (101 words)

	PBS - American Roots Music : The Songs and the Artists - Flatt and Scruggs
		Tennessee native Lester Flatt, a vocalist and guitarist, and Earl Scruggs, a masterful banjoist, created bluegrass' most successful partnership when they left Bill Monroe's band in 1948.
		With Scruggs playing lead on five-string banjo and Flatt strumming rhythm guitar and singing, the two formed the Foggy Mountain Boys, securing their own radio show on Nashville's powerful WSM station.
		In the 1960s, mainstream America discovered Flatt and Scruggs thanks to "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," their theme song for the "Beverly Hillbillies" TV show, on which they frequently appeared in the 1960s.
	www.pbs.org /americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_saa_flattscruggs.html (144 words)

	Review - Lester Flatt: The Essential Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although they've become best known for the successful "Pickin' On..." series, which features bluegrass (or at least bluegrassish) interpretations of contemporary pop, rock and country acts, CMH has a substantial catalog of classic bluegrass which they've begun to mine for compilations and reissues.
		Who plays with him, though, is finally less important than having twenty solid tracks of Lester Flatt doing what he did best.
		His vocal delivery defined bluegrass lead vocals for at least two generations of bluegrass bands, as did his rock solid rhythm guitar style, which may have been less flashy than Scruggs' banjo but was in many ways equally influential.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-january03/reviews/review_lester_flatt.html (271 words)

	Amazon.com: RCA Country Legends [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Flatt in the early 1970's, after the breakup with banjoist Scruggs.
		Lester put together a new group, awkwardly named "Nashville Grass", but full of talent (including the young Marty Stuart.) Flatt stayed within bluegrass tradition, and on a par with Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley.
		His RCA releases did not sell a lot during the 1970-74 run with the label, but the sound that made "Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys" famous on Columbia in the sixties was still there.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008BXJH?v=glance (690 words)

	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs And The Stanley Brothers, MP3 Music Download at eMusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs And The Stanley Brothers
		After Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs parted ways in 1969, Flatt reassembled many of the Foggy Mountain Boys, renamed the group Nashville Grass, and toured very successfully until his death in 1979.
		Unlike Scruggs, who with his sons moved on to music that was only marginally country, Flatt and the Grass stuck to traditional bluegrass material.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11563/11563612.html (190 words)

	THE FLATT AND SCRUGGS PRESERVATION SOCIETY
		Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys were my favorite group growing up and I loved their music and professionalism in their performances!
		I have been a big fan of theirs for many years and want to preserve the history of the group as well as showcase their music.
		SInce forming the Preservation Society several years ago, I have begun a quest to see a museum established to honor both Lester and Earl as well as a collective effort for them with the Foggy Mountain Boys.
	www.flatt-and-scruggs.com (495 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Lester Flatt
		Born in Sparta, Tennessee, Lester Flatt's friendly, down-home vocal style, solid rhythm guitar, and songwriting were instrumental in both creating and popularizing bluegrass music.
		Joining Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1945, Flatt's warm lead vocals were an integral part of the original bluegrass sound created in 1946-48, as was "the Lester Flatt G-run," a guitar figure used to punctuate song verses.
		Together with Earl Scruggs, he departed in 1948 to form the Foggy Mountain Boys, and throughout the 1950s and early 1960s the ensemble was one of the most visible and successful bluegrass acts.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200401 (209 words)

	Lester Flatt: Blue Grass Boy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a Blue Grass Boy: Lester Flatt was the guitarist and lead singer of the version of the Blue Grass Boys often referred to as the "classic" band (along with Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, and Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts).
		He and Scruggs were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985, and in 1991 they, along with Bill Monroe, were the first inductees into the IBMA Hall of Honor.
		After they split in 1969, Flatt formed the Nashville Grass, which he led until his death in 1979.
	doodah.net /bgb/LesterFlatt.html (201 words)

	Vanguard News Network Forum - Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		- - Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt (http://www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=8909)
		LESTER FLATT (Jun 14, 1914, Duncan's Chapel, TN - May 11, 1979, Nashville, TN)
		Flatt and Scruggs' playing is featured prominently in the move Bonnie and Clyde with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty btw.
	www.vnnforum.com /printthread.php?t=8909 (445 words)

	Review - Lester Flatt And The Nashville Grass: Essential Bluegrass Gospel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The seventeen songs on this CD were recorded between 1976 and 1981, after Lester Flatt had separated from Earl Scruggs.
		These musicians appear in seven different band combinations during the six year period covered by this CD.
		As the Allmusic Guide so succinctly puts it "Although the songs all revolve around the Christian faith, any fan of acoustic American music would be foolish to dismiss this on principle alone." Flatt and his fellow musicians approach the music with a commitment and purity of imagination that produces a thoughtful, unpretentious offering.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-november04/reviews/review_lester_flatt.html (134 words)

	JR.com: Lester Flatt - Flatt On Victor & More... [Box] in Music: Bluegrass: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Personnel includes: Lester Flatt, Mac Wiseman, Bill Monroe.
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	Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Lester Flatt: MAIN
		Lester Flatt?one of the reasons bluegrass music is successful today There are few guitarist/lead...
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		Profile of Lester Flatt as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys.
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	The Lester Flatt Park Shows
		Lester Flatt Memorial park is located west of Vilonia, Arkansas Just North of Hwy 107.
		At Otto, take Lester Flatt Drive and follow signs.
		As you approch this shaded park you will notice the 4 acre lake to the right, and perhaps Croppie or Bass feeding near the banks.
	www.angelfire.com /ar/Sunshinexpress/Otto.html (473 words)

	Piano Lady's Wavs - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
		Piano Lady's Wavs - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
		Flatt & E. Scruggs - Cabin On The Hill
		Flatt & E. Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
	www.geocities.com /pianoladynancy_wavs21/lesterflattearlscruggs.htm (112 words)

	Lester Shirley Flatt/Leva Nell Nash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Name: Randy Lynn Flatt Born: 16 FEB 1967 at: Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee
		Name: Michael Wayne Flatt Born: 1 JUN 1971 at:
		SOURCES 1) "Book of Whitaker's" file was given to Doyle Whittaker in 1995 by thehusband of Bettina P. Higdon.
	home.att.net /~bodiddly/patstree/fam/fam00701.htm (141 words)

	JR.com: Lester Flatt/Monroe - Winning Combinations in Music: Bluegrass: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Full performer name: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs/Bill Monroe.
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	Dueling Banjos/Live at Kansas State by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
		Dueling Banjos/Live at Kansas State by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
		Putting together one of Scruggs' best albums (Live At Kansas State) with one of his less interesting (Dueling Banjos) made good marketing sense, but it makes for an uneven CD Read full review...
		Foggy Mountain Banjo - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
	www.mmguide.musicmatch.com /album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=1168636 (233 words)

	Lester Flatt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a member of Flatt and Scruggs, elected to the Country Music Hall of...
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