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Birthday: Jun 19, 1914
Place of Birth: Overton County, Tennessee, USA

Lester Flatt

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
Movie Cast Year
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music Self (archive footage) 1991
Country Music on Broadway Self 1965
That's Bluegrass Self 2013
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers Self (archive footage) 2007
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music Self (archive footage) 2019
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1 Self 2007
Series Cast Year
The Beverly Hillbillies Self 1962
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