Lester Flatt
Born: 1914-06-19 in Overton County, Tennessee, USA
Died: 1979-05-11
Known For: Acting
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2019
- Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self (archive footage)
2013
- That's Bluegrass as Self
2007
- The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 as Self
- Opry Video Classics: Pioneers as Self (archive footage)
1991
- High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self (archive footage)
1965
- Country Music on Broadway as Self
1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies as Self