Lester Flatt

Lester Flatt

Lester Raymond Flatt

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In the collection

2 records
The Bluegrass Story Porter Wagoner, 1964 Cold On The Shoulder Tony Rice, 1984

Played with

Porter Wagoner 1 record together Tony Rice 1 record together Bill Monroe 1 record together Vassar Clements 1 record together Gordon Lightfoot 1 record together Traditional 1 record together Bob Dylan 1 record together Jimmie Rodgers 1 record together Rodney Crowell 1 record together

About

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 he founded the . 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.