FLATT and SCRUGGS with the FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS

These Two Invented a Sound That Bill Monroe started but they mastered.
Lester Flatt guitarist and vocalist hails from Tennessee, Earl Scruggs from North, Carolina. banjo player, bluegrass music has become popular the world over,
Flatt and Scruggs were graduates of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. because of their unique sound one critic called it, ("The Over Drive")
In 1948 Flatt & Scruggs left Bill Monroe's band to assemble their own band,
with Chubby Wise on fiddle and Jody Rainwater on bass, from 1948 to 1969 when Flatt & Scruggs split up to pursue different musical directions, they were the bluegrass band for "Martha White Flour" commercial on the Grand Ole Opera segment many years ago.
In 1951 Flatt and Scruggs switched labels, signing with Columbia Records, Flatt and Scruggs reached a new audience in the 50's when folk music sparked an interest in the younger set. from 1959, Flatt and Scruggs began a top 40'a country singles that ran into 1968, they did the ballad for the Beverly Hillbillies, called "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" Flatt and Scruggs popularized bluegrass music more than any other artist, including Bill Monroe. Flatt and Scruggs did the Foggy Mountain Breakdown in Arthur Penns 1968 film flick, "BONNY and CLYDE"
It came to a head in 1969 when Flatt wanted to continue in a traditional bluegras vein, while Scruggs assembled a more progressive outfit, 'The Earl Scruggs Revue.
throughout the 70's both Flatt and Scruggs enjoyed in solo careers. Scruggs retired in the 80's in 1985 Flatt and Scruggs were inducted into the country music hall of fame,
Tom Thomas created an organization several years ago, having the greatest bluegrass group of all times, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys.
Flatt and Scruggs were professionals in their own right. since forming the preservation society, I have began a quest to see a museum established in their honor.
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