THE FABULOUS SOUND OF LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 MONO UK  COUNTRY

The Fabulous Sound Of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
(CBS Records  1964  BPG62551  Mono)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
 

Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was a bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the 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.

Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style (now called “Scruggs style”) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.

Although other musicians had played in three-finger style before him, Scruggs shot to prominence when he was hired by Bill Monroe to fill the banjo slot in his group, The Blue Grass Boys. He later reached a mainstream audience through his performance of “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”, the theme for the network television hit The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.