Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers… Read Full Bio ↴Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers of bluegrass music.
Flatt was born in Jackson County, Tennessee to Nannie Mae Haney and Isaac Columbus Flatt.[1] A singer and guitarist, he first came to prominence as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s. In 1948 he started a band with fellow Monroe alumnus Earl Scruggs, and for the next twenty years Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys were one of the most successful bands in bluegrass. When they parted ways in 1969, Flatt formed a new group, the Nashville Grass, hiring most of the Foggy Mountain Boys. His role as lead singer and rhythm guitar player in each of these seminal ensembles helped define the sound of traditional bluegrass music. He created a role in the Bluegrass Boys later filled by the likes of Jimmy Martin, Mac Wiseman, Peter Rowan and Del McCoury. His rich lead voice is unmistakable in hundreds of bluegrass standards. He is also always remembered for his library of compositions. The Flatt songbook looms titanic for any student of American acoustic music. He continued to record and perform with that group until his death in 1979. Flatt was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985 with Scruggs. He was posthumously made an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991.
Flatt and Scruggs were ranked #24 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men in Country Music in 2003.
Flatt was born in Jackson County, Tennessee to Nannie Mae Haney and Isaac Columbus Flatt.[1] A singer and guitarist, he first came to prominence as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s. In 1948 he started a band with fellow Monroe alumnus Earl Scruggs, and for the next twenty years Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys were one of the most successful bands in bluegrass. When they parted ways in 1969, Flatt formed a new group, the Nashville Grass, hiring most of the Foggy Mountain Boys. His role as lead singer and rhythm guitar player in each of these seminal ensembles helped define the sound of traditional bluegrass music. He created a role in the Bluegrass Boys later filled by the likes of Jimmy Martin, Mac Wiseman, Peter Rowan and Del McCoury. His rich lead voice is unmistakable in hundreds of bluegrass standards. He is also always remembered for his library of compositions. The Flatt songbook looms titanic for any student of American acoustic music. He continued to record and perform with that group until his death in 1979. Flatt was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985 with Scruggs. He was posthumously made an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991.
Flatt and Scruggs were ranked #24 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men in Country Music in 2003.
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The Complete Early Recordings Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs (Doxy Collection)
The Foggy Mountain Boys Lyrics
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Come Back Darling Tonight as I sit by my window I'm reading your letter…
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Doin' My Time On this old rock pile with a ball and chain They…
Down The Road Now down the road just a mile or two Lives a…
God Loves His Children I was a stranger brother right in sin Didn't even have…
I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime Are you going to be A saint on that shore Are the…
I'll Just Pretend You spurned the love I gave you, darling A love you…
I'll Never Love Another I used to sit alone at night and worry little…
I'm Gonna Settle Down Every night I'm all alone never place to call my…
My Cabin In Caroline There's a cabin in the pines in the hills of…
My Little Girl In Tennessee Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee I know she's waiting…
No Mother or Dad Now brother and I are all alone We have no place…
Old Salty Dog Blues Standin' on the corner with the low down blues Is a…
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms If I was on some foggy mountain top I'd sail away…
So Happy I'll Be I'm just waitin' for the time to come when all…
Take Me In A Lifeboat Take me in your lifeboat, oh Take me in your…
Thinking About You I woke up this morning and I tried to call…
We'll Meet Again Sweetheart The time has come to say goodbye I'm asking you to…
Why Don't You Tell Me So? I can tell by the look in your eyes That you…