2019Nominee
Best Performance
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Lester Flatt
Actor
Overton County, Tennessee, USA
June 19, 1914
Biography
Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in The Foggy Mountain Boys (popularly known as "Flatt and Scruggs"). Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, breaking out as a member of Bill Monroe's band during the 1940s and including multiple solo and collaboration works exclusive of Scruggs. He first reached a mainstream audience through his performance on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network television hit The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2007Winner
Best Performance
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
1965Winner
Best Performance
Country Music on Broadway
Career Highlights
1992Highlight
Best Performance
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2013Highlight
Best Performance
That's Bluegrass
Video
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music