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Lester Flatt

real name Lester Raymond Flatt

Overton County, United States · 1914-06-19 – 1979-05-11

Lester Flatt is credited on 1,264 releases across 343 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,264

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343

Albums

8

Decades active

153

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Lester Flatt (born June 19, 1914, Overton County, Tennessee, USA - died May 11, 1979, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) was an American singer and guitarist. He was one of the pioneers of bluegrass music. Along with Earl Scruggs he founded the The Foggy Mountain Boys. He first reached a mainstream audience in the early 1960s through his performance on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," the theme for the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.

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1,264 releases · 343 albums · active 1950–2024

  • Performance · 2,210
  • Other credits · 15

Studios: Enactron Truck · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Harrah's, Lake Tahoe · Soundshop Recording Studios

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