Aug 10
Best of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Show Vol. 3 & 4 Coming Oct. 9
Flatt and ScruggsNASHVILLE, Tenn., The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum and Shanachie Entertainment will release the Best of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Show, Volume Three and Volume Four on October 9th.
Like their critically acclaimed predecessors (volumes one and two), which were released last March, each volume contains two 30-minute episodes of the classic bluegrass TV program. Volumes three and four contain shows from 1961 and 1962, when legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and their Foggy Mountain Boys were at the peak of their prowess and popularity. Volume Three features two performances by seven-year-old prodigy Ricky Skaggs; Volume Four includes the television debut (at age eight) of Earl’s son Randy Scruggs.
“Those were good years. Basically, we had a good time with each other…There’s nothing like that on the air now, I don’t reckon.”Earl Scruggs
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Until the late 1980s, it was believed that no copies of this groundbreaking series had survived. In 1989, however, advertising executive Bill Graham discovered and donated to the Museum 24 intact shows. Soon after, 12 more were acquired from another source. The shows were innovative on several levels: Each show’s mix of up-tempo tunes, comedy bits, spotlight instrumentals and occasional guest performances was a template that subsequent country variety shows would follow. Additionally, the Martha White in-show advertising and accompanying cooking demonstrations were precursors to modern product placement.
Titled Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry, the show ran from 1955 until 1969, when the pair ended their partnership to take separate musical paths. These shows illustrate the band’s greatness as a well-oiled performing unit.
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