Lester Flatt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1914
- Place of birth
- Overton County, Tennessee, USA
- Died
- May 11, 1979
Biography
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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Movies with Lester Flatt
- High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music 1992 · ★ 7.0
- Country Music on Broadway 1965 · ★ 9.0
- Opry Video Classics: Pioneers 2007 · ★ 10.0
- That's Bluegrass 2013
- Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music 2019
- The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 2007