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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

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2003 - The Complete Mercury Recordings
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2000 - Hard Travelin' / Final Fling

2000 - Town and Country / Changin' Times
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1995 - Foggy Mountain Banjo

1995 - You Can Feel It in Your Soul
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1987 - Flatt & Scruggs

1972 - The World of Flatt and Scruggs

1970 - Foggy Mountain Chimes

1970 - The Golden Hits of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

1970 - The Golden Hits of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
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1967 - Sacred Songs

1965 - The Versatile Flatt & Scruggs

1965 - Great Original Recordings
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1965 - The Beverly Hillbillies
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1962 - Folk Songs of Our Land

1957 - Foggy Mountain Jamboree

0 - On Foggy Mountain
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0 - A Boy Named Sue
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0 - Songs of the Famous Carter Family

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Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys were an influential bluegrass band performing and recording in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Flatt and Scruggs met as members of Bill Monroe's band, the Blue Grass Boys in 1946. They both left that band early in 1948, and within a few months had formed their own group, the Foggy Mountain Boys. Scruggs' banjo style and Flatt's vocals gave them a distinctive sound that won them many fans. In 1955 they became members of the Grand Ole Opry. Many of the songs on their albums are credited to "Certain and Stacey". These were in fact written by Flatt and Scruggs and various other members of the Foggy Mountain Boys. Certain and Stacey are the maiden names of the wives of Flatt and Scruggs. Louise Certain, wife of Earl Scruggs and Gladys Stacey, wife of Lester Flatt. Scruggs, who had always shown progressive tendencies, experimented on duets with saxophonist King Curtis and added songs by the likes of Bob Dylan to the group's repertoire. Flatt, a traditionalist, did not like these changes, and the group broke up in 1969. Following the breakup, Lester Flatt founded the Nashville Grass and Scruggs lead the Earl Scruggs Revue. Flatt died in 1979, while Scruggs continued to perform until his death in March 2012. Flatt and Scruggs were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985 Flatt & Scruggs may be best known however as the performers of "The Ballad of Jed Clampit" the theme song from the sixties television show "The Beverly Hillbillies". Flatt & Scruggs made cameo appearances on the "The Beverly Hillbillies" as well.