Lester Flatt

Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American singer, bluegrass guitarist, and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo 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 series The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.

Heaven's Bluegrass Band - 2024-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Pickin' Time - 2023-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Legends Of Bluegrass (1971) - 2022-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [Deluxe] - 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

The Beverly Hillbillies Featuring the Stars of the CBS Network Television Series - 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - 2014-03-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Pure... Country - 2010-12-13T00:00:00.000000Z

100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits - 2008-06-02T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass - 2008-05-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Essential Bluegrass Gospel - 2008-05-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Bluegrass Then & Now - 2008-05-20T00:00:00.000000Z

The One And Only - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Earl Scruggs - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Flatt & Scruggs - The Complete Mercury Recordings - 2003-04-22T00:00:00.000000Z

RCA Country Legends - 2003-03-03T00:00:00.000000Z

16 Biggest Hits - 2002-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 - 2002-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Flatt & Scruggs - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Folk Duets - 1998-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age - 1991-01-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Columbia Country Classics Volume 3: Americana - 1990-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Lester Raymond Flatt - 1975-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Before You Go - 1974-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Live Bluegrass Festival with Special Guest Bill Monroe - 1974-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Country Boy Featuring Feudin' Banjos - 1973-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Similar Artists

The Stanley Brothers

Flatt & Scruggs

Grandpa Jones

Benny Martin

The Dillards

Jim & Jesse

Earl Scruggs

Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys

Stringbean

The Kentucky Colonels

Bill Monroe

Jimmy Martin

The Nashville Bluegrass Band

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

J.D. Crowe & The New South

The Osborne Brothers

The Country Gentlemen

Joe Maphis

Don Reno

Jim Mills