Lester Flatt’s Martin D-18 acoustic guitar – an instrument that helped pave the way for traditional bluegrass music – is set to be sold at auction. It headlines Heritage Auction’s upcoming event, set ...

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs are known as pioneers of bluegrass music and their band, the Foggy Mountain Boys, is considered one of the most iconic groups in the genre's history. Formed in 1948, the ...

The House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to honor bluegrass legend Lester Flatt. Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN), who now represents the area Flatt was born in, says the music and the late ...

Lester Flatt’s Pickin’ Time is now at your fingertips. The Bluegrass great’s final album, recorded in 1978 alongside his acclaimed backing band The Nashville Grass, has been remastered and made ...

Country Music Memories: 'The Ballad of Jed Clampett' Hits No. 1 To this day, the song lives on. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs are known as pioneers of bluegrass music and their band, the Foggy ...

David Johnston, banjo player for the Yonder Mountain String Band, says the music of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys launched his career in music. In June of 1993, I was ...

A Martin D-18 guitar that bluegrass icon Lester Flatt played numerous times on the Grand Ole Opry and with the Foggy Mountain Boys is up for auction from Heritage Auctions. The instrument was listed ...

When Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs broke away from Bill Monroe in 1948, they became the second biggest names in bluegrass, rivaling The Big Mon, himself, as a wildly popular touring act. After joining ...

Earl Scruggs, whose distinctive picking style and association with Lester Flatt cemented bluegrass music’s place in popular culture, died Wednesday of natural causes at a Nashville hospital, his son ...

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys have been one of the most beloved and influential bluegrass bands of all time. In their 20-year run from the late 1940s through the late 1960s, ...

On December 8th, 1945, as members of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs performed together on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time, signaling a sea ...