On this day (May 11) in 1979, Lester Flatt died of heart failure in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 64. Most remember him as half of Flatt & Scruggs, the foundational bluegrass duo. He and Earl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “He called and wanted Earl and Lester to do the theme music,” she said. “And I turned it down at first because of the word ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s hard to catch your breath in bluegrass. The hail of banjo, dobro, mandolin, bass and fiddle merge into a stylized tornado of sound that’s as passionate ...

Editor’s note: This is the 471st in a series of articles recalling vanished Huntington scenes. Music historians view the duo of singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs as one ...

Marty Stuart has one of the most impressive resumes in country music. He started playing guitar and mandolin at a young age. When he was only 14 years old, he joined bluegrass legend Lester Flatt’s ...

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Through his work as a solo artist, session musician, collaborator, and member of a host of bluegrass groups over the past 50 years, Jerry Douglas has established himself as arguably the premier Dobro ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

Can’t wait to check out 'The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show Vol 1' on any device? Here are ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can pick what works best ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It is impossible to overstate the importance of Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly ...

Earl Scruggs became a household name in the early 1960s when he and Lester Flatt joined vocalist Jerry Scroggins in recording "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," becoming the theme song for the hit ...

While "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" became a big hit, Scruggs’ wife and manager, Louise, almost put a stop to the project. Speaking with NPR in 2003, she recalled showrunner Paul Henning approaching ...