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Flatt, Lester

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Personal name headingFlatt, Lester
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Birth date1914-06-19
Death date1979-05-11
Place of birthOverton County (Tenn.)
Place of deathNashville (Tenn.)
Field of activityBluegrass music
Profession or occupationBluegrass musicians Mandolinists
Guitarists
Special noteDo not consider "Flatt & Scruggs" to be a corporate body. They were members of a body called Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys, for which 3 access points are made.
Found inFolk songs of our land. [Phonodisc] 1962.
Bassham, O. Lester Flatt, Baron of Bluegrass, 1983?: p. 10-11 (b. Warren's settlement, Duncan's Chapel, [Overton Co.,] Tenn., 6/14/14; d. Nashville, 5/11/79)
Biography Lester Flatt homepage, viewed Oct. 22, 2010 (Lester Flatt, Lester Flatt Raymond; b. June 19, 1914, performed with Earl Scruggs known under Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys)
Data from 678 field, Feb. 21, 2019 (singer and guitarist)
Wikipedia, Apr. 18, 2024 (Lester Flatt; Lester Raymond Flatt; guitarist, mandolinist)