Flatt and Scruggs

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Flatt and Scruggs were a pioneering American bluegrass duo, famed for Earl Scruggs’s innovative three-finger banjo style and their influential recordings that helped popularize the genre.

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instanceOf bluegrass music duo
musical group
activeYearsEnd 1969
activeYearsStart 1948
alsoKnownAs Flatt & Scruggs NERFINISHED
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs NERFINISHED
associatedAct Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys NERFINISHED
The Earl Scruggs Revue NERFINISHED
The Foggy Mountain Boys NERFINISHED
The Nashville Grass NERFINISHED
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Performance (1969, for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown") NERFINISHED
basedIn Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolvedIn 1969
formedIn 1948
genre bluegrass
country music
hallOfFameInduction Country Music Hall of Fame (as part of Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys) NERFINISHED
hasMember Earl Scruggs NERFINISHED
Lester Flatt NERFINISHED
influenced modern bluegrass music
progressive bluegrass musicians
influencedBy Bill Monroe NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
notableEvent performed theme song for television series The Beverly Hillbillies
notableFor Earl Scruggs's three-finger banjo picking style
popularizing bluegrass music to mainstream audiences
notableSong Cabin on the Hill NERFINISHED
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) NERFINISHED
Earl's Breakdown NERFINISHED
Flint Hill Special NERFINISHED
Foggy Mountain Breakdown NERFINISHED
Polka on a Banjo NERFINISHED
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms NERFINISHED
Salty Dog Blues NERFINISHED
The Ballad of Jed Clampett NERFINISHED
notableWork Foggy Mountain Breakdown NERFINISHED
Foggy Mountain Jamboree NERFINISHED
Folk Songs of Our Land NERFINISHED
Hard Travelin' NERFINISHED
Songs of the Famous Carter Family NERFINISHED
The Ballad of Jed Clampett NERFINISHED
recordLabel Columbia Records
Mercury Records
usedInstrument banjo
dobro
fiddle
guitar
upright bass

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