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.

Why Did You Wander
Lester Flatt Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Why Did You Wander' by these artists:

Bill Monroe Oh, why, oh why did you wander? Oh, why did you…
Bill Monroe & Blue Grass Boys Oh, why, oh why did you wander? Oh, why did you…
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys Oh, why, oh why did you wander? Oh, why did you…
Bill Monroe/The Bluegrass Boys Oh, why, oh why did you wander? Oh, why did you…
Kentucky Thunder & Ricky Skaggs Oh why, oh why did you wander Why did you ever…
Ricky Skaggs Oh why, oh why did you wander? Oh, why did you…
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Oh why, oh why did you wander Why did you ever…
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Oh why, oh why did you wander Why did you ever…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Lester Flatt:

Baby Blue Eyes I wonder if I'll ever forget you And if our love…
Back To The Cross I'm out on the sea filled with sorrows Tossed like a…
Ballad of Jed Clampett Ome and listen to my story 'bout a man named…
Bouquet In Heaven When it's decoration day up in Heaven There's a bouquet I'm…
Cabin On The Hill There's a happy childhood home in my memory I can…
Doin' My Time On this old rock pile with a ball and chain They…
Don't Get Above Your Raisin' Now I got a gal that's sweet to me But she…
Down The Road Now down the road just a mile or two Lives a…
Father's Table Grace While we sit at our table my family heads bowed…
Foggy Mountain Top If I was on some foggy mountain top I'd sail away…
Give Me Flowers While I'm Living In this world today while we're living some folks say…
Give Mother My Crown She labored so hard in this world below she didn't…
Gone Home She labored so hard in this world below She didn't have…
Heaven When it's decoration day up in Heaven There's a bouquet I'm…
I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime Are you going to be A saint on that shore Are the…
I'll Never Love Another I used to sit alone at night and worry little…
It Won't Be Long There will come a time some morning when all the…
Little Cabin Home On The Hill Tonight I'm alone without you my dear It seems there's a…
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…
Reunion In Heaven When it's decoration day up in Heaven There's a bouquet I'm…
Roll In My Sweet Baby I ain't gonna work on the railroad I ain't gonna work…
Salty Dog Blues Standin' on the corner with the low down blues Is a…
Thinking About You I haven't seen you since this morning I'm filled with the…
Till The End Of The World Rolls 'Round 'Til the end of the world rolls round, I'll keep…

When the Saints Go Marching In Oh when the saints go marching in when the saints…

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