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Earl Scruggs was to the five-string banjo what Paganini was to the violin. As part of the Foggy Mountain Boys and later Flatt & Scruggs (both with Lester Flatt), he created the sound of bluegrass and helped bring it to national recognition through radio shows, recordings, television appearances, and concerts. During the '40s, the group added "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" to the bluegrass canon, and during the '50s and '60s, they became the most visible bluegrass act in the country, performing often on television. The duo's popularity peaked in 1962, when they recorded the theme song to the television sitcom The Beverly Hillbilles. The theme, called "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," became the first number one bluegrass single in early 1963, and the duo made a number of cameos on the show.
By the end of the '60s, Scruggs wanted to expand their sound and pushed Flatt to cover Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" in 1968 as well as land concert appearances in venues that normally booked rock & roll acts. Flatt wanted to continue in a traditional bluegrass vein. Inevitably, the opposing forces came to a head in 1969, and the duo parted ways. Appropriately, Flatt formed a traditional bluegrass band, the Nashville Grass, while Scruggs assembled a more progressive outfit, the Earl Scruggs Revue, with his two sons.
The Revue appealed more to a young and urban audience and, with dobro player Josh Graves, played rock and other non-country music. By the end of the '70s, Flatt & Scruggs began ironing out the details of a proposed reunion album, but they were scrapped upon Flatt's death on May 11, 1979. Scruggs made many albums after his parting with Flatt, highlighted by 1982's The Storyteller and the Banjo Man (with Tom T. Hall) and 2001's Earl Scruggs and Friends (which featured an all-star cast including Johnny Cash, Elton John, Sting, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Leon Russell, and Steve Martin). Scruggs was often seen on TV as well, often for reunion appearances. In 2012, he died in Nashville at the age of 88.
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The Three Pickers
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs
Country - Rounder Records 発売日 2003/01/01
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Flatt & Scruggs - The Complete Mercury Recordings
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Mercury Nashville 発売日 2003/04/22
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With The Foggy Mountain Boys
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Mercury Records 発売日 1959/01/01
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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Flatt & Scruggs
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Mercury Nashville 発売日 2001/04/24
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Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 (Live)
Country - Vanguard Records 発売日 2002/01/01
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20th Century Masters: The Best Of Flatt & Scruggs - The Millennium Collection
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Mercury Nashville 発売日 2001/04/24
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In Loving Memory (1924-2012)
Folk - Rolled Gold Classics 発売日 2012/04/17
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Collection 1948-62
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - ACROBAT 発売日 2021/09/03
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Foggy Mountain Jamboree (Original Soundtrack Plus Bonus Tracks 1957)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Country Classics 発売日 2014/01/01
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The Ballad of Jed Clampett (Billboard Hot 100 - No 44)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Music Manager 発売日 2020/11/13
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The History of Bluegrass Music (Volume 4)
Country - ISIS 発売日 2023/06/03
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Songs of Glory (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1960)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Country Classics 発売日 2014/01/01
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Country Music (Original Soundtrack Plus Bonus Tracks 1958)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Country Classics 発売日 2014/01/01
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Folk Songs of Our Land (Original Soundtrack Plus Bonus Tracks)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Country Classics 発売日 2014/01/01
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 39)
Country - Music Manager 発売日 2018/12/19
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Songs of the Famous Carter Family (Original Soundtrack Plus Bonus Tracks)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Country Classics 発売日 2014/01/01
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1960)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, The Foggy Mountain Boys
Country - Country Classics 発売日 2014/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Milestones of Legends Country & Western: Heroes & Legends, Vol. 10
The Foggy Mountain Boys, Hank Thompson, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs
Country - Intense Media GmbH 発売日 2021/09/10
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo